Butler Health System (BHS) is delivering faster and more personalized care to its patients by implementing Real-Time Locating and Sensing (RTLS) technologies.
To this end, BHS has collaborated with Intelligent InSites to implement the InSites Enterprise Visibility Platform (InSites Platform), the Ekahau real-time location system (RTLS), and the Vocera communication system, as the core of its patient flow and communication solution.
Butler Health System (BHS) is a community health system that provides healthcare services in Western Pennsylvania.
The solution allows staff to be more efficient and the hospital to streamline their operations. Following the implementation, Butler Memorial Hospital is able to realize significant hard dollar savings by providing reports on the optimal equipment levels which are then used in their purchasing and rental processes.
"Butler Health System is a great example of how WiFi RTLS can be leveraged to track patients and assets, manage critical workflow, and to monitor temperature sensitive environments over a single Wi-Fi network,” said Antti Korhonen, president & CEO of Ekahau. “ This approach helps Butler Health System get a faster and greater return on investment from their wireless infrastructure."
"The integration of the Vocera system with the InSites solution provides Butler's clinical staff an effective way to deliver time-sensitive information, such as new physician orders directly to the appropriate care provider," said Jeff Leichman, Eastern regional vice president of Vocera, in a press release.
"Butler Health System has had a clear vision of the outcomes they desired and the technology and process changes required to achieve them. The platform approach allows them to improve the level of patient care, safety, and satisfaction in one comprehensive solution, meeting their current and future needs," concluded Mark Rheault, president and CEO of Intelligent InSites.
Read a related article at HealthTechZone “Ekahau Unveils Ekahau RTLS Controller.”
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