Before RTLS requirements are finalized, the project team should be able to answer the following:
Workflow and use cases
- What operational problems are we solving, and for which departments?
- Which use cases are required at opening, and which are planned for later phases?
- What level of location accuracy does each use case actually require?
Infrastructure
- What wireless infrastructure will the hospital use, and what RTLS support does it provide natively?
- Has infrastructure density been evaluated against RTLS location performance requirements — not just connectivity coverage?
- Are there clinical areas where the physical environment will require additional infrastructure consideration?
Stakeholders and governance
- Are IT, clinical operations, facilities, security, and biomedical engineering represented in the planning conversation?
- Who will own RTLS management after the facility opens?
Integration
- Which hospital systems will need to consume location data?
- What network, security, and API requirements apply to each integration?
- Have integration owners been identified and timelines established before go-live?
Scalability
- What additional RTLS applications could the hospital reasonably add in the first three to five years?
- Does the infrastructure design preserve those options without requiring significant retrofit?
Validation
- How will RTLS performance be tested against the actual environment before opening?
- What constitutes a successful deployment for each use case?
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