Abstract: A system includes an imaging device and a server device in communication with the imaging device. The imaging device is positioned to capture images of a set of inventory items associated with health care tasks and is configured to generate a first signal when an inventory item from among the set of inventory items has been retrieved. The server device includes a processor that is configured to receive an identification of a health care task associated with the inventory item; receive the first signal from the imaging device indicating when the inventory item has been retrieved; update a database record associated with the inventory item within a database responsive to receiving the first signal; and transmit a second signal to a client device including information associated with the updated database record.

Abstract: An imaging and tracking device used for real-time health care inventory intelligence includes an image sensor and a processor. The image sensor captures images of inventory items stored within a furniture unit to which at least a portion of the imaging and tracking device is coupled. The processor processes the images captured using the image sensor to detect a physical retrieval of one of the inventory items from the furniture unit and to generate a signal including data associated with the retrieved inventory item. A software application running on a server device uses the signal to automatically update a database record associated with the retrieved inventory item within a database. Information associated with the updated database record is then transmitted to a client device in communication with the server device. The information may include instructions for rendering a graphical user interface of the software application at the client device.