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Eforthink Downlink UWB RTLS Solution for Hospitals

High-Precision Indoor Positioning and Dynamic Process Navigation for Smarter Hospital Operations and Better Patient Experiences
Downlink UWB RTLS Solution for Hospitals

INDUSTRY CHALLENGES

APPLICATION OVERVIEW

SCENARIO COMPARISON

CORE FEATURES

KEY ADVANTAGES

COMPATIBLE HARDWARE

INDUSTRY CHALLENGES

Patients & Caregivers
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Patients & Caregivers

Complex hospital environments make it difficult for patients and visitors to navigate, access services, and complete treatment procedures efficiently. Unclear routes and unfamiliar surroundings can negatively impact the overall healthcare experience.
Downlink UWB RTLS Solution for Hospitals Operations
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Operations

Insufficient positioning accuracy and fragmented hospital systems reduce navigation reliability and operational efficiency. Supporting high-concurrency services, integrated workflows, and effective location data utilization remains a key challenge.
Hospital Management
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Hospital Management

Patient flow management, resource coordination, and service optimization are becoming increasingly complex. Limited visibility into patient distribution and movement patterns makes it difficult to improve operational efficiency and patient satisfaction.

APPLICATION OVERVIEW

Eforthink's UWB-based Indoor Downlink Navigation Solution integrates UWB Anchors, smartphones with native UWB, and a smart patient guidance application to provide high-precision indoor positioning and navigation for hospitals.

By combining UWB positioning with hospital digital maps, HIS, queue management, and guidance systems, the platform enables patients and caregivers to quickly find departments, examination rooms, pharmacies, wards, and other destinations while receiving step-by-step treatment guidance.

The system also provides real-time monitoring of patient distribution, waiting areas, and resource utilization through heatmaps and operational analytics, helping hospitals improve patient experiences, optimize resource allocation, reduce staff workload, and enhance overall operational efficiency.

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SCENARIO Comparison

Typical Scenario

Scenario Requirements

场景痛点

Bluetooth RSSI Positioning

Bluetooth Beacon RSSI

Bluetooth AOA Positioning

Bluetooth AOA

UWB Smartphone Downlink Positioning (Recommended)

UWB
Outpatient Navigation
Key Points Key Points
  • High patient flow requires fast and accurate guidance to departments and waiting areas.
Key Points Key Points
  • Location drift occurs in crowded environments, affecting navigation accuracy.
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  • Backend calculation increases response delays during peak usage.
Key Points Key Points
  • ✓ Smartphone-based positioning enables stable multi-user navigation without backend overload.
Cross-Floor Department Navigation
Key Points Key Points
  • Patients need continuous guidance across buildings, floors, and examination areas.
Key Points Key Points
  • Elevator areas and corners may cause positioning jumps and navigation interruptions.
Key Points Key Points
  • Accuracy is affected by installation, obstruction, and network conditions.
Key Points Key Points
  • ✓ Local smartphone positioning supports seamless cross-floor navigation, even in weak-network environments.
Parking-to-Clinic Navigation
Key Points Key Points
  • Guide patients continuously from underground parking areas to hospital entrances and clinics.
Key Points Key Points
  • Underground signal fluctuations may cause positioning errors and route deviations.
Key Points Key Points
  • Complex environments and weak networks may interrupt positioning.
Key Points Key Points
  • ✓ Accurate parking location and continuous navigation from parking areas to clinics.
Waiting Area Crowd Management
Key Points Key Points
  • Real-time patient flow awareness is needed to reduce congestion in lobbies and waiting areas.
Key Points Key Points
  • Unable to accurately identify crowded areas for timely diversion.
Key Points Key Points
  • Backend processing delays affect real-time crowd management.
Key Points Key Points
  • ✓ Fast location updates enable real-time crowd awareness and patient flow optimization.
Emergency Evacuation Guidance
Key Points Key Points
  • Rapid positioning is required to support safe evacuation of patients and vulnerable groups.
Key Points Key Points
  • Accuracy and stability decrease in high-density environments.
Key Points Key Points
  • Multi-user response slows down, delaying route updates.
Key Points Key Points
  • ✓ High-precision positioning supports safety routes, geofencing, and emergency guidance.

CORE FEATURES

photo-networkIndoor Real-Time Positioning
photo-networkNavigation & Process Guidance
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Indoor Real-Time Positioning 5

• Provide real-time patient location, floor information, and movement direction throughout complex hospital environments.
• Powered by UWB high-precision downlink positioning technology, the system combines UWB Anchors, smartphones with built-in UWB capabilities, and a navigation application to deliver centimeter-level positioning accuracy, providing a reliable foundation for indoor navigation, treatment guidance, and location-based services.

Navigation & Process Guidance 4

• Support searching and navigation to departments, examination rooms, payment counters, pharmacies, wards, and other hospital destinations.
• By integrating hospital digital maps with HIS and queue management systems, the platform automatically identifies the patient's current treatment stage and dynamically generates step-by-step process guidance, upgrading traditional map navigation into process navigation.

Patient & Caregiver Collaboration 3

• Enable patients and caregivers to share and view real-time locations within the hospital.
• The platform integrates UWB real-time positioning with HIS, queue management, guidance, payment, and other hospital systems. Based on patient location and treatment status, the system dynamically provides process navigation, queue reminders, next-step guidance, and location coordination services, helping family members quickly locate patients or target destinations.

Operational Analytics & Resource Optimization 2

• Generate real-time heatmaps and dwell-time analysis reports for outpatient areas, waiting zones, elevator halls, and other hospital spaces.
• Monitor patient distribution, waiting-area congestion, traffic conditions, and medical resource utilization in real time. Heatmaps and patient flow analytics help improve waiting-order management, optimize patient movement, support resource allocation, staff scheduling, and process optimization, while providing visibility into peak-hour changes and patient behavior trends.

Smart Emergency Evacuation 1

• Monitor personnel distribution, area density, and corridor conditions throughout the hospital.
• In emergency situations such as fires, equipment failures, or unexpected incidents, the system automatically generates optimal evacuation routes and delivers dynamic guidance through mobile applications, digital displays, and broadcast systems. The platform also supports location identification of priority groups and coordinated rescue operations.

KEY ADVANTAGES

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Enhanced Patient Experience

Reduce wayfinding time and improve treatment efficiency throughout the patient journey. Lower anxiety, improve accessibility for special patient groups, and help patients complete procedures independently.
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Reliable Navigation & Operations

Enable integrated "Location + Workflow" services with high-precision positioning and reliable navigation. Reduce hardware investment and maintenance costs while improving operational efficiency.
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Optimized Hospital Management

Improve patient satisfaction and reduce complaint rates through more efficient navigation services. Reduce the workload of nurses and guidance staff while supporting process optimization and resource scheduling.
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Smart Hospital & Data Value

Transform navigation systems into data operation platforms to unlock greater commercial value. Provide foundational capabilities for smart hospitals and digital operations.
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COMPATIBLE HARDWARE

Infrastructure Hardware

UWB Anchor Devices

These devices form the physical positioning infrastructure of the system.

  • Eforthink UWB Indoor Wall-Mounted Positioning Base Station

    Eforthink UWB Indoor Wall-Mounted Positioning Base Station

Dimensions: 86.6x86.6 x36.0 mm

Power Interface: PoE

Antenna Type: Built-in onboard

Product Weight: ≤120 g

Rated SupplyVoltage: 48 V Standard PoE (802.3at)

Network Interface: RJ45 8-pin

Wired Data Interface: 10/100 M LAN adaptive

Positioning Wireless Standard: IEEE 802.15.4_2015UWB

  • Eforthink UWB Indoor Ceiling Mounted Positioning Base Station

    Eforthink UWB Indoor Ceiling Mounted Positioning Base Station

Dimensions: 96×96×40.5mm

Weight: 130 g

AntennaType: Built-in PCB antenna

Rated Power: 2.4W

Rated Supply Voltage: 48 V Standard PoE(IEEE 802.3at)

Network Interface: RJ45 8-pin

Wired Data Interface: 10/100 Mbps Adaptive LAN

Positioning Wireless Standard: IEEE 802.15.4-2015 UWB

Ecosystem Devices

UWB-Enabled Smartphones

One system, compatible with both iOS & Android ecosystems.

iOS Ecosystem

Coverage includes mainstream iPhone models: iPhone 12/ 13 / 14/ 15 / 16 / 17series

Strong ecosystem advantage with large installed base and mature UWB capability

Consistent user experience and ideal as primary coverage devices

Note: SE series and certain variants without UWB are excluded; availability depends on regional specifications

Android Ecosystem

Representative models: Xiaomi MIX 4, Xiaomi 17 Ultra, Xiaomi 17 Pro Max, Xiaomi 15S Pro, Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra / S24+ / Z Fold5 / Z Fold6, etc.

Eligibility requirements: Built-in UWB chip + OS-level UWB support + project compatibility validation

Application characteristics: Highly fragmented device landscape with varying capability levels

Note: SE series and certain variants without UWB are excluded; availability depends on regional specifications

Dual-Ecosystem Compatible
Smartphone as Terminal
Mainstream UWB Devices Supported