Staff location and coordination | Columna Flow Search & Find

Know where your colleagues are, without the search

When a colleague raises a personnel alarm, who is closest? Columna Flow Search & Find works with your alarm and nurse call systems to show where the alarm came from and alert the nearest colleague who can respond.

The same view helps you find any colleague and see whether they're free the rest of the shift, so less of the day goes on searching the building.

Mobile phone displaying interactive hospital floor map with medical equipment tracking and search functionality — See where colleagues are and whether they are free or with a patient, so you can reach the right person without interrupting the wrong one.

From raising the alarm to reaching the right person

A fast response starts with knowing exactly where a colleague is. Search & Find gives you that straight away, on a map or ward view, so you can go to them directly instead of checking rooms and corridors. It works just as well for the everyday moments: finding a senior nurse or a specific doctor becomes a quick check rather than a round of calls, messages and a walk.

A colleague needs help - find it fast

See where a colleague who needs help is
When colleagues raise the alarm, Search & Find shows exactly where they are on a map or ward view. Instead of checking rooms and corridors while the clock runs, you can go straight to them – the minutes you save are the ones that matter most.
Find the right colleague at the right moment
When you need a particular colleague – a senior nurse, a specific doctor, the right skill – see where they are and whether they're free or with a patient, so you go straight to them at the right moment. Fewer needless interruptions, and the time you would spend searching goes back into patient care.
Configured around staff privacy
Staff location is set up on terms your teams agree. Tracking can be switched off for anyone who opts out, areas like break rooms can be left off the map, you choose how precise a location to show, and no history of where people have been stored, so staff can trust how it is used.

What changes across a shift

Knowing where colleagues are and who's free changes the rhythm of a shift. When an alarm goes off, you can see where it came from at a glance instead of searching, routine questions get answered without walking the ward, and staff interrupt each other less. The result is a ward that stays calmer day to day and responds faster when it counts.

In Danish healthcare, staff location using GS1 standards has been documented as a way to locate staff and create calm on the ward (GS1 Denmark, with Region Midtjylland).

Close-up of a person's hands using a smartphone. — Calmer wards and faster response times when you can see availability and the nearest responder

Works with your nurse call and alarm systems

Search & Find connects with the nurse call, personnel alarm and communication systems your hospital already uses, so location sits alongside the alerts your teams already rely on – no separate tool to learn. When an alarm is raised, you can see straight away where it came from.

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See how staff coordination works for your hospital

Our team can show you how Search & Find fits with your alarm and nurse call systems, using real examples from hospitals similar to yours.

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Staff location and coordination with Columna Flow Search & Find