Precisely Orchestrated: How Chorus is Revolutionizing Healthcare Asset Management
October 27, 2025 / Suresh Vishnubhatla
Picture a typical morning in an emergency department anywhere in the world. A nurse needs a video laryngoscope for an incoming patient. She checks the trauma bay where it was last used, then the equipment room, then asks colleagues if they’ve seen it. After several minutes of searching, she finds one in the hallway outside radiology. It’s a familiar scene that plays out countless times each day worldwide—and it’s not just an operational inconvenience. Every minute spent searching is a minute not spent providing patient care, turning routine equipment tracking into a critical factor in health outcomes. Delays in providing care to patients can lead to adverse outcomes and having access to critical equipment, supplies and medications can play a significant role in providing timely care and positive outcomes for the patients.
The Hidden Crisis in Healthcare Logistics
Healthcare facilities face a perfect storm of asset management challenges. Medical equipment constantly moves between departments, following patients through their care journey. A single infusion pump might travel from the emergency department to radiology, then to a patient floor, and finally to central processing—often without clear visibility to its path.
The numbers tell a sobering story. Studies show that nurses can spend up to 12% of their time searching for equipment. Hospitals routinely purchase or rent equipment they already own, simply because they can’t locate it when needed so they can provide timely care to the patients. Temperature-sensitive medications spoil because monitoring failures go unnoticed. The financial impact can be immense, but the human cost—in delayed care and staff burnout—is just as severe.
A Voice that Counts
Chorus is founded on the possibilities of an answer to a simple question: What if we give every object a voice? When applied to the life-saving equipment and medications that are essential for patient care in the healthcare systems, the answer to this question can spur transformational change. The Chorus solution enables these positive changes and outcomes.
Smart Sensors We’ve developed a comprehensive suite of sensors designed to give healthcare facilities the flexibility to enable visibility across their entire ecosystem of assets including medical devices and pharmaceuticals. The Chorus Explorer ®, our reusable sensor with multi-year battery life, is purpose-built for durable medical equipment like ventilators and ultrasound machines. The Chorus Seeker ®, in a printable label format, seamlessly integrates with consumables and medication packaging. This sensor suite approach means we can adapt to virtually any asset, each continuously monitoring location and condition without requiring maintenance or frequent recharging and replacement.
Infrastructure That Leverages What You Have Rather than requiring healthcare facilities to install new IT infrastructure, our system works through existing Wi-Fi access points, tablets, scanners, smartphones, and PCs. For areas without coverage, our Chorus Scout ® receiver provides long-range connectivity without fixed infrastructure.
AI That Turns Data Into Decisions Raw location data means nothing if it doesn’t drive action. Our AI analyzes movement patterns in real time, predicts equipment needs, and generates actionable alerts. We’re not just telling you where equipment is—we’re helping you understand how to optimize its use.
Real-World Impact: Beyond the Buzzwords
The transformation we’re seeing in early healthcare deployments is remarkable:
For Staff: No more frantic searches. Our “Proximity Search” feature instantly locates the nearest available equipment. Customizable alerts notify staff when critical equipment leaves designated areas or when temperature-sensitive medications approach threshold limits.
For Biomedical Engineering: Real-time utilization data replaces guesswork. Teams can see which equipment sits idle and which is overused, enabling better distribution and maintenance scheduling. Integration with existing ERP systems means no duplicate data entry.
For CFOs: The financial impact is immediate and measurable. Reduced equipment purchases, optimized inventory levels, and decreased rental costs. One healthcare system discovered they were renting equipment while identical units sat unused in other departments—a problem we solved within weeks of implementation.
For Patients: Though they may never know it, patients benefit most. Faster equipment availability means shorter wait times. Proper temperature monitoring ensures medication efficacy. Staff spend less time searching and more time providing care.
The Future of Healthcare Logistics
As healthcare faces mounting pressures—staff shortages, budget constraints, increasing regulatory requirements—the need for intelligent asset management becomes critical. We’re not trying to reinvent healthcare; we’re applying proven orchestration principles to optimize existing systems.
When a crash cart can “speak” its location during an emergency, when medications can “alert” staff to temperature excursions, when surgical instruments can “report” their sterilization status, we move closer to a healthcare system that’s both more efficient and responsive.
For healthcare facilities drowning in complexity, we offer something invaluable: clarity. The future of healthcare isn’t just about breakthrough treatments or cutting-edge procedures. Sometimes, the most powerful innovation is simply knowing where things are.
Interested in learning how Chorus can transform your healthcare facility’s asset management? Visit chorusview.com or contact info@chorusview.com for more information.