You're renting equipment that's sitting idle two floors up.
Most hospitals lack reliable data on how their equipment is actually used. Spending decisions are based on ward requests and perceived shortages rather than real utilisation patterns. Columna Flow Search & Find combines live tracking data with historical analytics, giving you the evidence to reduce spending and allocate equipment where it's genuinely needed.
From tasking and automation to data-driven decisions
Without usage data, hospitals default to department-level requests when planning equipment budgets. Wards that report shortages get new devices, even when other wards have surplus. Equipment gets rented or replaced despite idle inventory elsewhere in the building.
The result is avoidable spending, uneven distribution, and a cycle of hoarding and over-procurement that repeats with every budget round.
Most hospitals operate their medical device fleets at around 80% availability.
Columna Flow hospitals typically exceed 95%.
That 15-percentage-point gap represents roughly one-fifth of a fleet's capacity – capacity that could be used to grow without new purchases, reduce reliance on rentals, or delay major capital investments.
See how equipment moves across your hospital
Track movement patterns across wards, corridors, and departments over time. Heatmap analytics reveal where equipment concentrates, where it's underused, and where bottlenecks form, giving operations teams the insight to improve distribution and reduce unnecessary transport.
Built on the data your tracking already generates
Utilisation analytics use the same IoT platform and tracking infrastructure that powers real-time Search & Find. As your hospital tracks equipment for daily clinical use, the platform accumulates the historical data that drives long-term allocation and purchasing decisions. No separate data collection. No additional systems.
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