RTLS News

1. Assuta Medical Center Implements LogiTag's SmartCabinet RFID Solution In Cath-Labs 9/11/2013

   LogiTag Systems, a leading provider of RFID solutions and high-value inventory management systems, reports a successful implementation of its SmartCabinet solution at the Assuta Medical Center’s cath labs.

2. Sentara Healthcare Selects Versus RTLS For Accuracy And Reliability 9/10/2013

   Following a six-month hospital-wide asset tracking pilot at Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center, Sentara Healthcare selected Versus Advantages Asset Tracking and Fleet Management from Versus Technology, Inc. Sentara plans to implement Advantages, powered by Versus’ Real-time Locating System (RTLS), at its nine additional hospitals in Virginia and North Carolina.

3. Trinitas Regional Medical Center Enhances Staff Safety With Visibility Staff Assist 9/4/2013

   Trinitas Regional Medical Center, the premier, full-service healthcare facility serving Central New Jersey, is taking a novel approach to protecting its staff from combative patients, utilizing a Real-time Locating System (RTLS) from Versus Technology, Inc.

4. OATSystems, A Division Of Checkpoint Systems, Providing Passive RFID Asset Tracking For 5-Year Veterans Affairs Hospital Contract 4/29/2013

   OATSystems, a division of Checkpoint Systems, Inc., has been selected as a subcontractor to HP Enterprise Services’ maximum value $543M Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Real Time Location System (RTLS) contract with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to procure and deploy a management system that will assist in the automation and improvement of operations and veteran healthcare services.

5. Awarepoint's Continues To Drive Growth And Innovation 4/18/2013

   Awarepoint Corporation, the largest real-time location system (RTLS) corporation dedicated exclusively to healthcare, announced strong sales momentum and new technology innovations in the first quarter of 2013.

6. GE Healthcare And HCA Collaborate To Tackle Hand Hygiene 4/11/2013

   GE Healthcare and HCA’s Summerville Medical Center have collaborated to develop and deploy a data driven technology solution that tracks hand washing data as it relates to patient care through the use of small sensor tags.

7. Western Maryland Health System Expands Use Of Versus RTLS To Enhance Staff Safety 4/10/2013

   Western Maryland Health System (WMHS) has recently expanded use of its Real-time Locating System (RTLS) from Versus Technology, Inc., using their existing sensory network to implement the Visibility™ Staff Assist solution. Deployed in WMHS’ Behavioral Health Unit, Staff Assist provides a mobile, location-aware call button for caregivers.

8. STERIS Corporation Signs Supplier Agreement With Centrak 3/26/2013

   STERIS Corporation has recently signed a non-exclusive agreement that assigns CenTrak, Inc. as a selected active RTLS supplier for STERIS's RealView Visual Workflow Management Software.

9. RFID-Over-Wi-Fi RTLS Temperature Sensing Solution Protects Clinical Research Specimens At Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center 3/26/2013

   Ekahau Inc., the high-performance leader in Real-Time Location Systems (RTLS) using Wi-Fi (active RFID), announced today that Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, Washington deployed Ekahau's Wi-Fi-based real-time temperature sensing and monitoring solution to ensure that tissue, blood and bone specimens are stored at required temperatures in order to meet the Center's rigorous experimental control requirements.

10. Healthcare Control Systems (HCS) To Improve Surgical Workflows For Department Of Veterans Affairs 3/20/2013

    The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) selected Healthcare Control Systems, Inc. (HCS), as a subcontractor to HP Enterprise Services, to deliver surgical workflow improvements under the $543 million VA Real Time Location System (RTLS) contract. The RTLS contract provides for the improvement of surgical workflows at 152 VA medical centers across the U.S.