Aim of the study: To describe a geolocation system in the operating room, analyzing its impact on humanization and health management.
Methods: The geolocation system consists of a bracelet that is placed on the patient upon arrival at admission. This bracelet is connected via Bluetooth to a series of beacons with a highly accurate location technology (Angle of Arrival) distributed in different places along the surgical path. These update the patient's location when they capture the signal from the bracelet and reflect it in real time on control screens for healthcare personnel (orderlies, nurses, doctors) and for family members in the waiting room and through a mobile application with a personalized QR code to track the surgical process of their family member at each stage: entrance to the operating room, start of surgery, end of surgery and exit to the recovery unit.
Results: The system provides weekly feedback on the number of interventions performed, average operating room occupancy time, mean operating room turnover, medium time between interventions, among others, with the possibility of identifying the weak points of the surgical process. Real-time information to family members seems to reduce anxiety around the intervention.
Conclusions: The surgical geolocation system is a tool that could reduce parental anxiety, guaranteeing updated and real-time information on the status of the intervention, in addition to improving the performance and utilization of the operating room, identifying possible points of improvement during data analysis.
Keywords: Quality of health care, Surgery, geolocalization, outpatient surgery
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