Wyld Networks has signed an agreement with Highland Health Ventures (HHV) to test and deploy its mobile mesh technology into care homes in Scotland to help protect residents, staff and visitors and prevent the spread of Covid-19 or other viruses.
HHV is an independent company with a collaboration agreement with NHS Highland for the purpose of developing innovations in healthcare.
The Wyld technology will provide digital access and anonymised social distance monitoring and alerting through a mobile app and a mesh wireless network of connected smartphones and IoT devices.
Wyld and HHV have kicked off the first project for implementation in a care home in Scotland, while the technology may also have broader applications in helping other businesses get back to work.
Wyld said its system is able to create virtual geozones around the care home and particularly sensitive or quarantined areas to control access as well as dynamic personal two-metre geozones around everyone with the app.
All staff and visitors will have to download the mobile application and input Covid-19 test results and enter any symptoms into a self-diagnostic algorithm embedded in the application to create a risk profile.
Residents without a smartphone could be given electronic wristbands or similar.
Anyone approaching a geozone will be sent a message instantly to let them know if they are allowed to enter.
By using Wyld’s real-time data analytics platform, care home managers will be able to contact and advise anyone who has been in close contact with someone who is tested positive with Covid-19 or develops symptoms.
“Our mesh technology was originally designed for applications such as major sporting events, music festivals, retail centres and transport hubs to deliver relevant, location-aware information,” said Wyld Network chief executive Alastair Williamson.
“But it quickly became clear that our Wyld mesh could play a vital role in protecting residents, staff and visitors in care homes, hospitals and hospices. We hope the system created with Highland Health Ventures will provide a model that can be adopted more widely to deal with the current crisis, as well as deliver post-Covid benefits.”
