Ekahau to Enable Advanced Patient Tracking Solution in Belgian Hospital
HELSINKI, Finland, August 23 // --
- Herentals Hospital First in Belgium to Adopt Real Time Location System Technology
Ekahau Inc., a leading provider of Wi-Fi-based Real Time
Location Systems (RTLS), today announced that Herentals Hospital has selected
Ekahau's Real Time Location System (RTLS) to track patients through its
operating room complex.
In the first phase of operations, leading Belgian networking
and security integrator, Quantum ICT, has installed the Ekahau Real Time
Location. This includes the Ekahau Positioning Engine server software, along
with the Ekahau suite of applications, Ekahau Tracker and Ekahau Finder.
Added to this are Ekahau T301 tags which will be attached to patients, to
track them through the operating room complex from registration to their
return to the ward.
Technical Manager for Quantum ICT, Gert De Haes explained that
the Ekahau RTLS had been smoothly integrated into the hospital's existing
Aruba Wi-Fi network and SAP system to enable full access to patient data and
time stamping. He continued that following successful completion of Phase 1
of the Ekahau RTLS integration in October, the plan is to ramp up the system
to include a further 800 to 1000 tags in a two-year timeframe to also include
tracking valuable medical equipment.
Speaking about Phase 1 of the project, De Haes explained "The
ability to integrate RTLS with the hospital's SAP and to enable time stamping
is a very important feature of this installation. Time stamping allows the
hospital to create statistical data about patient throughput and the time
taken for various operations - this increases accountability and transparency
for Herentals Hospital which receives its funding in large part from the
municipality."
IT manager at Herentals Hospital added: "We are very pleased
to adopt the Ekahau RTLS solution and believe that it will add a significant
new layer of information and support to complement our patient care.
Precision tracking of patients through the operating theatre will enable more
efficient throughput and better use of existing resources, which is essential
to the running of any modern hospital."
About Herentals Hospital
Established in 1253, The A.Z. St. Elisabeth Clinic is the
oldest hospital in Kempen, Belgium. A 243-bed hospital, staffed by 503
employees and 68 specialists, has earned a long-standing reputation for the
provision of clinical excellence. The hospital has the following departments:
surgery, internal diseases, rehabilitation (sp), geriatrics, a children's
department and a maternity ward with an associated department for premature
babies, a day care centre, an intensive care unit, an emergency department
and a mobile intervention team.
About Quantum ICT
Belgian total integrator, Quantum ICT was formed in the merger
of COMMswitch NV and Telbel in 2007. Formerly, COMMswitch proved its
expertise as a leading networking, system and security integrator for the
Belgian market while Telbel specialized in the provision of voice technology
to Belgium and Luxemburg. The newly founded total integrator focuses on the
entire national market but in the long term the company also broadens its
activities towards the European Union.
About Ekahau Inc.
Ekahau Inc. is the industry leader in providing Wi-Fi based
RTLS solutions. Ekahau's customers, including several Fortune 500 companies
worldwide, are realizing the benefits of Wi-Fi based location services and
innovative Wi-Fi network planning and optimization tools. Ekahau partners
include wireless software developers, leading system integrators, and
international OEM partners, who develop and market wireless enterprise
applications. Ekahau is a U.S. based corporation, with offices in Saratoga,
CA; Reston, VA; Helsinki, Finland; and Hong Kong, China.
For more information about Ekahau, please visit our site at
http://www.ekahau.com
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Source: Ekahau Inc.
Ekahau Media Contact: Jacques Boumerhi, Business Development Manager, Tel: +33-(0)-6-0870-8124, jacques.boumerhi@ekahau.com
