Join Awarepoint RTLS Hospital Clients During 'RFID in Health Care East' Conference

WHO:

Awarepoint, a provider of ZigBee-based real-time location solutions (RTLS) for healthcare, along with its hospital distribution partner Skytron, will participate as an exhibitor at the RFID in Health Care East, being held Tuesday, October 12, 2010 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  Awarepoint and Skytron RTLS customers Texoma Medical Center of Denison, Texas, and Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, will present how enterprise-wide real-time location systems (RTLS) for hospital asset tracking is helping to improve patient care while cutting costs. RFID in Health Care East, the only event focused on RFID in healthcare, is produced by RFID Journal.

WHEN:

RFID in Health Care East  

Tuesday, October 12, 2010; 8:00 AM – 5:35 PM EDT

WHERE:

Radisson Plaza – Warwick Hotel Philadelphia

1701 Locust Street

Philadelphia, PA 19103

(215) 735-6000

TOPIC:

Tuesday, October 12, 2010: 9:45 AM EDT

Topic: Tracking and Managing Assets with RFID

Texoma Medical Center, an acute-care hospital located in Denison, Texas, is utilizing an enterprise-wide RTLS to track and manage mobile medical equipment and monitor temperature-sensitive assets. In this session, learn how the hospital is lowering costs in the areas of capital budget reallocation and monthly rental savings, while reducing the incidence of lost or missing assets. Also hear how the medical center is using temperature-monitoring tags to proactively manage the temperatures of nourishment and medication refrigerators throughout its facility.

Speaker:

Gregg Stepp, CMRP, Director of Supply Chain Operations,

Texoma  Medical Center

Tuesday, October 12, 2010: 4:00 PM EDT

Topic: Regional Medical Center Uses RTLS to Improve Efficiencies

Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, a 740-bed community hospital in Baton Rouge, La., has more than 1,000 physicians and 4,000 team members. The facility undertook an enterprise-wide real-time locating system (RTLS) deployment that covers almost 1 million square feet, with nearly 6,000 assets under management. In this session, hear how the firm is getting the most from its RFID system. Learn how to understand end-user goals, facilitate change management, drive user adoption and develop business standards, and find out how the medical center is using its RTLS to favorably impact capital dollar allocations, as well as safety and nursing efficiency.

Speaker:

Allyn Whaley-Martin, Director of Safety, Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center

CONTACT:

Valerie Fritz, 858.345.5009 [email protected]