STATag
Prototype Presentation
Daniel Tubbs
Jason Sadler
Chad Hilton
December 13, 2004
Brian Easton
Latricia Simon
James Mayor
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Societal Problem Defined
 Hospital staff waste time locating mobile
equipment, wasting billions of dollars
annually.
 35-60%1 of a nurse’s time is wasted on
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Searching for equipment
Clarifying orders
Entering redundant information
 Wasting $58 - $99 billion annually2
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Solution
The use of STATags will
 Reduce man hours searching for needed equipment
 Increase staff efficiency
 Increase a nurse’s efficiency at least 10%1
 Lower operating costs
 Save a real $1 for every $4 of efficiency gained3
(reduction of overtime, increased turnaround)
 Increase job satisfaction3
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STATag Goals
 Use dead-reckoning to determine current
location
 Use network security
 Use a self-discovering and self-configuring
network
 Handle large quantities of equipment
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STATag Goals (continued)
 Activate alarms
 Store historical location and usage data
 Run without intervention for long periods
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Battery must last 5-7 years
Need calibration only when battery is changed
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STATag Limitations
STATag will not:
 Prevent theft
 Collect or transmit personally identifiable
health information (covered under HIPAA)
 Communicate further than 100 feet between
STATags
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STATag System
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STATag
Web Browser
User
STATag
STATag
Network Coordinator
DB Server
Internal Webserver
STATag
STATag
Database
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Web Server / User Interface
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STATag
Web Browser
User
STATag
STATag
Network Coordinator
DB Server
Internal Webserver
STATag
STATag
Database
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Database
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STATag
Web Browser
User
STATag
STATag
Network Coordinator
DB Server
Internal Webserver
STATag
STATag
Database
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STATags
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STATag
Web Browser
User
STATag
STATag
Network Coordinator
DB Server
Internal Webserver
STATag
STATag
Database
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Web Server
 Open source web server
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Provides a bridge between the end user and
the database
Eliminates the need for client software
Allows any client with a web browser to
connect
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PC
Laptop
PDA
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Database
 Open source relational database collects and
stores STATag location information
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Real-time look-ups
History
Alarms
Inventory
Reports
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STATag Diagram
Battery
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802.15.4 Module
Usage Module
(In use switch)
Microcontoller
Movement
Detection Module
(Accelerometers &
Gyroscopes)
Flash RAM (1MB)
Tamper Detection
Module
(Tag Removed
Switch)
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STATag
 Accelerometers and gyroscopes detect
orientation and motion
 Microcontroller calculates current position
 802.15.4 module communicates to DB server
via mesh network
 Switches provide state information
 RAM records position data when unable to
communicate with DB server
 Battery keeps everything running for 5 years
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Project Risks – Web Interface
 Inadequate response time
 Complexity of use
 Complexity of administration
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Project Risks - Database
 Database size may grow too fast
 Database design may be too complicated to
use without regular administration
 Response time may be inadequate for a large
number of tags
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Project Risks – STATag
 Interference with hospital monitoring equipment
 STATag transmits 1% the power of other safe wireless
devices
 Most major hospitals are implementing WiFi
 Conflicts with other 2.4 GHz networks
 802.15.4 has been designed for interoperability
 802.15.4 and ZigBee are new standards and
therefore there may be unknown issues
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Hardware issues are being resolved by manufactures
Software issues will be correctable by patching
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Prototype Goals
 Build a prototype for each subsystem
 Demonstrate integration of the subsystems
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Web server and user interface
Database
Individual STATag
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Prototype Diagram
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Web Browser
User
Dead Reckoning Module
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DB Server
Internal Webserver
Simulated Position Data
Laptop
Live Position Data
Database
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Prototype vs. Real System
Database
Web Server
User Interface
Web Browser
Hardware
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Prototype
MSSQL
IIS 5.1
ASP.NET
Any
Same PC
Real System
MySQL
Apache
Java
Any
Separate
Servers
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Prototype vs. Real System
Accelerometer
Microcontroller
Wireless Network
RAM
Gyroscope
In-use Switch
Tag-removed Switch
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Prototype
2-axis
Laptop
802.11b
Log File
No
No
No
Real System
3-axis
On-board
802.15.4
On-board
3-axis
Yes
Yes
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Database Accomplishments
 Each STATag history entry requires 40 bytes
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Average hospital database size – 67.2 GB
(1 year history of 1368 tags updated every 30
seconds)
 Database design is simple
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Database Schema
sn_type
description
PK
type_num
PK
serial_num
description
FK1
type_num
region
PK,FK1
PK,FK1
north
south
east
west
top
bottom
history
PK
PK,FK1
timestamp
statag_id
pos_x
pos_y
pos_z
in_use
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region_id
statag_id
id_sn
PK
statag_id
FK2
serial_num
removed
statag_region
PK
PK,FK1
region_id
statag_id
active
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User Interface / Database Demo
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STATag Prototype
 ADXL202EB-232 2-axis accelerometer
evaluation board with serial interface
 Custom application calculates position data
from log file created by ADXL202EB-232
 Position data sent to database server via
802.11b network
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ADXL202EB-232
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ADXL202 Surface Mount Package
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STATag Demo
 Acceleration (a)
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Measured by accelerometer
 Speed (s)
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sfinal= sinitial + a * time
 Position (p)
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pfinal= pinitial + s * time
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Issues Encountered
 Minimum error - 0.0002 g
 5-year cumulative error – minimum of 95
miles per axis
 Location uncertainty
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Prototype - 9,025 square-miles
Production - 860,000 cubic-miles
 Maximum allowed error - 1.91 x 10-9 g
(5 ft. error after 5 years)
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Position Uncertainty After 5 Years
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Five-year Error vs. Max. Error
Cumulative Error (ft)
1000000
100000
10000
504,922
252,461
126,230
63,115
31,558
15,779
7,889
3,945
1,972
1000
986
493
247
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100
62
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Maximum Allowed Error (g)
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Detected Acceleration by Angle
100
90
Detected Acceleration (%)
80
70
60
50
40
30
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10
0
88
84
80
76
72
68
64
60
56
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48
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Degrees
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Final Prototype Diagram
`
Web Browser
User
Dead Reckoning Module
DB Server
Laptop
Internal Webserver
Simulated Position Data
Database
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Options
 Continue working with Analog Devices to find
an accelerometer / software combination that
meets our design needs
 Replace the dead-reckoning functionality with
Real-Time Locating Systems (RTLS)
components
 Both options affect only the STATag
subsystem and remaining subsystems remain
the same
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Continue with Dead-Reckoning
 PRO
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Costs and profits are well understood
Progress already being made
 CON
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May not be able to solve issues
May require additional manpower or funding
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Switch to RTLS
 PRO
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Commercial off the shelf product
Standardized, multiple vendors
Not affected by cumulative error
 CON
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Higher wireless transmitting power
Increased hospital installation cost
Delayed hospital ROI
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Recommendations
 Move forward with database, web server, and
user interface development
 Convert STATag to use RTLS components
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Questions?
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References & Calculations
1 Cindy Jimmerson, April 7, 2004
2 $166 Billion (Nurse’s Salary and Benefits)4 x
35% = $58 Billion
$166 Billion (Nurse’s Salary and Benefits)4 x
60% = $99 Billion
3 Murphy, Mark: Eliminating Wasteful Work in
Hospitals Improves Margin, Quality, and
Culture
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References & Calculations
4 975,9625 Beds x 10 Mobile Medical Devices
per bed = 9.76 Million Mobile Medical
Devices
5 Hospital Statistics, 2004 edition, American
Hospital Association, as reported by the
American Hospital Association website
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