BATESVILLE, Ind., and ANDOVER, Mass., Sept. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Hill-Rom (NYSE :HRC) and Radianse today announced a strategic partnership agreement to integrate the Radianse real-time location system (RTLS) into Hill-Rom's leading NaviCare(R) Nurse Call system. With this move, Hill-Rom intends to extend its leadership in health care locating beyond staff tracking to remove financial and technical obstacles for health care customers as they consider high-precision, enterprise-wide RTLS for equipment, patients and staff.
More than 800 health care customers now use Hill-Rom's integrated locating solution. The addition of Radianse RTLS as an option for future implementations follows an independent verification of Radianse location accuracy and precision reliability.
"This partnership is truly an exciting opportunity," said Mike Gallup, general manager of Hill-Rom IT Solutions. "Every hospital must have a nurse call system. Soon, health care providers will be able to enjoy the benefits of locating staff, patients, and equipment all off of one integrated nurse communications platform from Hill-Rom. This will help them know when and where equipment, patients and staff move and interact--real-time visibility that can increase caregiver effectiveness and enhance patient safety."
Single infrastructure for Nurse Call and RTLS will remove financial and technical barriers
Having Radianse locating technology integrated into the existing NaviCare(R) Nurse Call platform will save a health care facility from needing to invest in parallel technology. It will offer a key differentiation for the Hill-Rom(R) product and enable the extension of the Radianse RTLS to layer in other applications such as asset tracking, patient tracking and real time alerts. Ultimately, it will translate to increased visibility, cost savings, and efficiency improvements.
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