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The latest news and information about Real-Time Location Systems for Healthcare.
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THURSDAY, MAY 03, 2012
CenTrak: A Finalist for Emerging Technology Company of the Year!
Adam Peck, Director of Marketing | 2012 Emerging Technology Company of the Year Finalist |
Tonight, we are very honored to be recognized as a finalist for the Enterprise Awards' "Emerging Technology Company" of the Year. We are extremely proud to have been selected by such a prestigious organization that has made important contributions to support the growth of innovative and admirable companies in the Greater Philadelphia area.
"The Enterprise Awards remain the region's most prestigious business honors for technology and life sciences companies, leaders, and entrepreneurs. Attracting more than 1,200 prominent business leaders, the Enterprise Awards black-tie gala celebrates achievement, innovation, and success in the Greater Philadelphia region.", as indicated at http://pact.gpcc.com/
" CenTrak is driven by the common hope that the visibility our systems provide hospitals for all their equipment, staff and patients, will transform one of America’s greatest financial burdens to one of its greatest assets. It’s exciting for us at CenTrak to watch the beginning of what will undoubtedly enormously impact healthcare, here and around the world.", said Dr. Ari Naim, CEO and President of CenTrak.
FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 2012
Nursing and Asset Management at AONE
Tony Natale, Manager Strategic Partnerships
 At the AONE (American Organization of Nurse Executives) annual meeting we expected to have lots of great conversations about staff locating and nurse rounding compliance – which we did – but there was a lot of interest in the benefit of equipment locating. Surprisingly, enhanced location-enabled asset management solutions such as PAR-level management, cross contamination alerting and unauthorized movement alerting were hot topics during this year's show. That said, I figured it would be valuable to present a quick overview of location-enabled asset management and some basic technology requirements.
What is location-enabled asset management anyway? Is asset management any different from asset tracking? Let's take a step back and define asset management vs. asset tracking:
ASSET TRACKING: Delivers basic "asset visibility". But “knowing where things are” only delivers a fraction of the potential benefits.
ASSET MANAGEMENT: Knowing assets' precise location and current status with actionable data to drive workflow. Including: - PAR-level management
- Movement/Interaction Rules
- Alerts/alarms (cross-contamination alerts, etc.)
- Meaningful data to support process-improvement
When it comes to location-enabled asset management, the core technology is critical for implementation success. 100% accuracy and fast location update speeds are essential. This means absolute, certainty-based room-level and sub-room-level accuracy along with near immediate update speed (e.g. less than 2 seconds).
THE IMPORTANCE OF ACCURACY FOR… - PAR-level management –
- Proximity of clean storage room to soiled storage room
- Inaccurate location data = inaccurate PAR-level settings
- Available / In Use Status –
- Asset availability can be determined with logical business rules… but only if the RTLS has location certain accuracy.
- Cross Contamination Alerts and Reporting –
- Ensuring pumps went through the proper cleaning protocol requires accuracy.
- Exit & PM Alerts –
- Accuracy reduces incidence of false exit alarms.
- Deliver equipment due for PM on-time to Biomed
To learn more about asset management best practices, download this eBook:
MONDAY, MARCH 19, 2012
CenTrak Broadens Portfolio with Integrated Wi-Fi Capabilities
CenTrak’s unique combination of its highly accurate room and bed-level RTLS with Wi-Fi locating delivers a unique alternative for the Healthcare market.
At HIMSS 2012, CenTrak announced the availability of integrated Wi-Fi to complement its Second Generation Infrared (Gen2IR™) RTLS solution. The combined platform does not compromise on CenTrak’s best-in-class RTLS accuracy and performance. The healthcare industry is able to enjoy broad access to Wi-Fi RTLS while having highly accurate Gen2IR technology to satisfy the types of use cases solution providers require for their valuable and innovative offerings.
Early adopters of healthcare RTLS were often caught in a quandary – start with relatively simple to deploy, less accurate technologies with limited ROI, or invest in high accuracy high performance technologies that would unlock the true value of enterprise asset management and patient and staff workflow. CenTrak’s new platform removes the need for this type of compromise and prevents the dissatisfaction often associated with legacy RFID offerings.
The new platform allows CenTrak’s 100+ solution providers to receive location data from an increasing number of generic Wi-Fi tags and Wi-Fi clients including Computers on Wheels, IV Pumps, and phones. The integration provides the same Gen2IR performance that CenTrak partners and customers have come to rely upon for addressing hi-resolution use-case requirements such as Hand Hygiene Compliance, High Acuity Workflow and Nurse Call Integration. The result is a future-proof RTLS platform that hospital executives can feel comfortable in choosing as their starting point for any RTLS initiative.
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