IBSS Enhances SynTrack(TM) for Healthcare With Nortel MCS 5100 Support
Nortel Selects IBSS Technology to Demonstrate Integrated Location-based Services at HIMSS
COLUMBIA, S.C., March 14 /FirstCall/ -- Integrated Business Systems and Services, Inc. (IBSS) (OTC Bulletion Board: IBSS) today announced that it has collaborated with communications leader Nortel to integrate its Nortel Multimedia Communication Server (MCS) 5100 with SynTrack(TM) for Healthcare, Release 1.5.5, IBSS' tracking system for hospital assets, personnel and patients to create a single platform by which to enable location-based services. The combination was featured at the HIMSS (Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society) annual conference and exhibition held in San Diego, Ca. on February 12 - 16, 2006.
"Enthusiastic attendees showed great interest in our live example of an integrated location-based application. The live system featured RFID tracking of patients, clinicians and assets, along with seamless integration to Nortel's communication technology to deliver location and presence-based communications," reported Lee Dunston, Director of Sales for IBSS. "The features demonstrated represent the next wave in managing healthcare resources for cost and care improvements."
"Using SynTrack(TM), a doctor, for example, can not only be located but also have communications seamlessly routed to his/her location. The HIMMS demonstration chose an innovative way for attendees to experience the synergy of location and presence by integrating live cameras that moved and maintained a constant view of the tag and its holder throughout the Nortel booth location," exclaimed Dr. George Mendenhall, CEO of IBSS, as he observed the robust booth activity.
"We at Nortel recognize that no single RFID technology fits all healthcare needs. To realize the promise of location-based services, a hospital needs an integrated communications infrastructure and software framework to support the appropriate tags and location technologies for that particular facility's applications. The goal of a hospital should be to establish one universal location system that efficiently supports all of the current and emerging location tags and technologies while integrating with the broader communications infrastructure and legacy systems. This is what Nortel demonstrated at HIMSS and this offers attractive ROI today," stated Bill Hall, Director of Healthcare Solutions at Nortel.
SynTrack(TM) for Healthcare Features:
(1) Automatic tracking of Assets, Personnel and Patients. (2) Support for multiple RFID tag types: WiFi, 915Mhz. passive and active. (3) Wrapped Integration to popular location technologies: Ekahau, Radianse, Texas Instrument, Phillips, MSSI, Identec Solutions, bar code technologies, mobile computing and PDAs Automatic routing of Alerts, notifications, calls, emails, IMs and SMS. (4) Voice over IP integration. (5) Mobile dispatch of equipment and services.
One Solution for multiple Technologies: SynTrack(TM) for Healthcare lets healthcare organizations benefit from location-based services, which improve asset management and resource utilization, thus reducing costs and improving patient care.
SynTrack(TM) for Healthcare is founded on the robust real-time processing technology of Synapse(TM) from IBSS, providing scalability from a single point of use solution to distributed enterprise level solutions. One of several products in the Synapse(TM) family, the SynTrack(TM) application takes advantage of the intelligent, configurable Synapse(TM) RFID application framework, making it easy to extend functionality and integrate seamlessly with legacy hospital management and ERP systems.
About the Nortel Multimedia Communication Server 5100
The Nortel MCS 5100 features the delivery of SIP-based multimedia and collaborative applications to enterprises. Using industry-standard protocols, it enables businesses to augment existing voice and data infrastructures with advanced IP-based capabilities, such as multimedia (video conferencing and calling, picture caller ID); collaboration (audio conferencing, application sharing, white boarding, file exchange, co-web browsing); personalization (call screening, call logs, call management and routing -- find me, follow me); presence and secure instant messaging.
About IBSS
IBSS is the creator of Synapse(TM), a groundbreaking software technology. Synapse(TM) is a complete framework and methodology used to create, implement and manage a wide variety of dynamic, distributed, networked, and real-time enterprise applications including RFID, quickly and efficiently. Global enterprises utilizing Synapse(TM) leverage the power of its single, flexible framework to enjoy tremendous time and cost advantages, in the development, deployment and on-going management of customized applications.
Enabled by Synapse(TM) to take competitive advantage of cutting-edge technologies such as wireless networking, mobile computing and RFID, IBSS and its strategic partners bring solutions to customers for mission-critical applications in manufacturing, distribution, healthcare, finance, insurance, retail, education, and government. IBSS is headquartered in Columbia, South Carolina. For more information about IBSS and its Synapse(TM) technologies and services, call 803-736-5595 or 800-553-1038, or visit www.ibss.net/ .
