AeroScout And Four Rivers Software Systems Provide Integrated RTLS And Maintenance Management Solution To Help Hospitals Improve Operations
WellSpan Health Uses Solution to More Efficiently Manage and Maintain Its Inventory of Medical Equipment
San Antonio, TX (Marketwire) - AAMI 2011 Conference -- AeroScout, the leading provider of Unified Asset Visibility solutions for the healthcare industry, and Four Rivers Software Systems, which provides comprehensive maintenance management software solutions (CMMS), today announced that they are now providing hospitals with an integrated Real-Time Location System (RTLS) solution. The solution incorporates Four Rivers' Total Maintenance System (TMS) to manage capital equipment inventories and track and distribute the associated maintenance activities, with AeroScout's Wi-Fi RFID Asset Management solution for tracking the real-time location, status and condition of medical equipment. The combination helps healthcare organizations more efficiently manage their inventory of equipment, which improves asset utilization and streamlines equipment maintenance and recalls, and also leads to enhanced patient satisfaction and care.
"Hospitals rely on many different types of mobile medical assets. Understanding where items are located throughout the facility is critical to their proper use, cleaning and overall maintenance," said Henry Wilde, CEO at Four Rivers Software Systems. "Adding AeroScout's market leading real-time location information to our solutions improves the business processes of our joint customers."
WellSpan Health's York Hospital uses the combined solution to find the current location of equipment from within their TMS OnSite Professional application. Real-time location updates provided by AeroScout appear in the asset location field and TMS users are able to view the current location of individual assets on a map. For example, in the event of a safety recall, the staff is able to quickly locate and recover affected equipment. This type of visibility helps save time and improves hospitals' ability to quickly service equipment for patients.
"The integration of AeroScout and Four Rivers provides even greater efficiencies beyond what we have already experienced with their individual solutions," said Chad Noll, Manager of Biomedical Engineering at WellSpan Health. "Now my team can find equipment quickly when they need it, which saves time and allows them to do their jobs more effectively."
AeroScout is a market leader in RTLS solutions for healthcare organizations. Its MobileView software enables hospital staff to search for and manage medical equipment and other assets, and includes an open architecture for integration with a wide range of hospital applications. By leveraging a hospital's existing Wi-Fi network, AeroScout provides a cost-effective way to track the location, status and condition of patients, staff and critical items such as infusion pumps and specialty beds.
"Hospitals worldwide face the same challenges trying to manage, maintain and optimize a large inventory of medical equipment which is constantly being moved from place to place. Knowing where your equipment is at all times increases efficiency and improves overall productivity," said Joel Cook, Director of Healthcare Solutions at AeroScout. "Working with Four Rivers, we're helping customers further automate and streamline their IT systems, business processes and essential operations."
To learn more, visit AeroScout in Booth 342 and Four Rivers in Booth 424 at the AAMI 2011 Conference in San Antonio, Texas from June 25-27, 2011.
AeroScout Healthcare Leadership
AeroScout is the leader in Healthcare Visibility Solutions, with over 400 hospitals worldwide using its solutions for Asset Tracking & Management, Temperature & Humidity Monitoring, Patient Flow and Patient & Staff Safety. AeroScout is proud to report that in a 2010 evaluation of healthcare providers conducted by KLAS (www.KLASresearch.com), 100% of AeroScout customers that responded to the survey said they would purchase AeroScout again.* Its Wi-Fi RFID solutions have also received the exclusive endorsement of the American Hospital Association.
About AeroScout
AeroScout is the global market leader in Unified Asset Visibility solutions. Customers improve operational efficiency using AeroScout products that leverage standard Wi-Fi networks to track and manage the location, condition and status of mobile assets and people. AeroScout's customer base consists of leading hospital, manufacturing, mining and logistics organizations, including many of the Fortune 500. The company invented the first Wi-Fi-based Active RFID tag, and today is widely recognized as leading the market in number of deployments. Headquartered in Redwood City, California, AeroScout has offices in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Australia and Latin America. For more information, please visit www.aeroscout.com.
*The evaluation, 2010 Top 20 Best in KLAS Awards, was published in December 2010.
AeroScout is a registered trademark of AeroScout, Inc. Information is subject to change without notice.
About Four Rivers Software System
Four Rivers Software Systems, Inc. is focused on delivering comprehensive maintenance management software (EAM/CMMS) solutions to the healthcare industry. Serving over 1,500 healthcare organizations, we provide powerful tools to increase productivity and profitability. By listening to our customers and continually updating and improving our products and services, Four Rivers has established itself as the leading choice for healthcare professionals. The Four Rivers product family includes TMS Professional, TMS Enterprise, a full suite of Mobile Solutions and a number of optional solutions to help your organization.
SOURCE: AeroScout