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Leo Da Silva, Project Consultant for the VCH project team also points out that it is the first Health Authority in Canada to implement these solutions as part of a regional bed management initiative. This means that they will have the ability to see real-time census, expected discharges and pending admissions, through the entire Health Authority, at any time. "This is mission critical information necessary to help us accommodate surge capacity and plan for disaster management," stated Goodreau. "And with the 2010 Winter Olympics on the horizon, we need to be prepared for everything."

About VCHA

VCHA is responsible for the delivery of $2.8 billion in community, hospital and residential care services to over one million people in communities from Richmond through Vancouver, the North Shore, Sunshine Coast, Sea to Sky corridor, Powell River, Bella Bella and Bella Coola.

About TeleTracking

Since 1991, TeleTracking has been the leading provider of the patient flow automation industry with the first automated bed turnover solution, the first digitized electronic bedboard(R) and patient placement solution, and the industry's first dispatcherless patient transport solution. The privately- held, Pittsburgh-based company has implemented over 1,500 solutions at more than 700 acute care hospitals in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom.