AMAZON LOCATION SERVICE INDUSTRIES

Healthcare

Healthcare companies use location-based services to improve patient care and operational efficiency. They can better understand the geographic distribution of patients, and optimize placement of clinics, hospitals, and emergency services. Location-based analytics enables healthcare providers to track the movements of patients, staff, and equipment, helping improve resource utilization, reduce wait times, and enhance emergency response. Patients can receive location-aware notifications and reminders to improve appointment attendance.

Use cases

Standardize patient addresses through geocoding, then identify records associated with the same patient. Track movements of mobile patients, staff, and equipment to keep profiles up-to-date, establishing a single source of truth. Enrich this data with location-based insights to build more comprehensive profiles of your patients. More accurately link identities, eliminate duplicates, and gain a holistic view across your healthcare organization.

Track the real-time location of your high-value medical equipment, pharmaceuticals, and other vital supplies. Set up virtual geofences around restricted areas to monitor access and prevent theft or misplacement of these critical resources. Use location intelligence to optimize inventory management and ensure that necessary items are available exactly when and where they are needed. Whether you manage a hospital, medical lab, or pharmaceutical distribution center, protect your most important assets and maintain the continuity of your healthcare operations.

Gain visibility into the locations and movements of your mobile healthcare workers, such as nurses, therapists, and home health aides, using Amazon Location Service. Automatically dispatch the nearest available clinician to emergency situations or patient appointments, improving response times and care delivery. Analyze the location data to identify patterns and optimize staff scheduling and routing, enhancing productivity and work-life balance. Improve in-home care, hospital campus operations, and emergency response.

Use location data to coordinate the dispatch of critical resources during emergencies and disaster situations. Rapidly deploy ambulances, first responders, and disaster relief teams to the areas of greatest need. Establish geofences around emergency sites to manage access, security, and the flow of personnel and supplies.

Enhance the security of patient and clinician access to your healthcare systems using location-based verification from Amazon Location Service. When users attempt to sign in, verify their location matches an approved zone, such as a specific facility, department, or authorized device location. This location-based authentication helps prevent unauthorized access, even if login credentials are compromised. Streamline the sign-in experience by using geocoding to consistently format addresses and locations, ensuring a frictionless authentication process. Protect sensitive healthcare data and ensure only authorized users can access your critical systems, without compromising the user experience.

Customer Stories and Case Studies


  • Halodoc

    Halodoc, Indonesian healthcare provider, migrated to Amazon Location, reducing geocoding/places costs by 88% and enhancing data security under the AWS Shared Responsibility model.

    Location data stays in AWS, and is not used in marketing.

    Subramanian Pothikannan, Principal Engineer at Halodoc