Ekahau Delivers Location Tracking Solution to State-of-the-Art Finnish Cancer Center
By Ekahau Oy, PRNEMonday, October 4, 2010
RESTON, Virginia, October 5, 2010 - Ekahau Inc, the worldwide leader in high performance Wi-Fi-based Real
Time Location Systems (RTLS) (
www.ekahau.com/products/real-time-location-system/overview.html),
today announced that it is providing a location-based patient and staff
tracking solution to Docrates Clinic, a state-of-the-art cancer center in
Helsinki. Docrates Clinic is using Ekahau RTLS to manage patient alerts and
locate staff over the facility's Cisco Systems Wi-Fi network infrastructure.
"We pride ourselves on being early adopters in our field and want to take
advantage of available new methods and solutions to streamline and improve
our daily tasks," said Harri Puurunen, managing director of Docrates. "We
were looking for a system that allows free movement of our staff members,
while guaranteeing that we can contact them in case of an emergency. Ekahau's
personal small tags, combined with the fact it easily integrated with our
existing wireless network, delivered the best and most flexible solution for
us. This solution required no additional infrastructure or proprietary
readers, and therefore is very scalable as we grow."
Unlike competing solutions, Ekahau RTLS does not require any additional
infrastructure. Instead, Ekahau RTLS utilizes the existing standard Wi-Fi
network and consists of Ekahau software and Wi-Fi RFID tags.
Docrates Clinic is using Ekahau RTLS as a nurse call system, through
which a nurse can call a doctor or another nurse anywhere in the building
with a single push of a button. The Ekahau tag receives real-time information
of the sender's whereabouts, including in which department, floor or room,
allowing individuals to provide immediate attention to the situation.
Another important application is the patient call system. A patient can
call help by pushing a switch on the Ekahau wristband tag. Then the nurse
will get the call for help immediately, as well as the exact location of the
patient. The patient call capabilities functions anywhere in the clinic
campus and allows help to be provided quickly. This RTLS system makes patient
care taking more effective. Because the location of patients is known at all
times, nurse rounds can be optimized.
"Intelligent networks enable mission-critical functions - such as
real-time location, data transfer and communications - to work over one
infrastructure. Ekahau solution utilizes this intelligent network and was
planned and implemented to be fault tolerant as well as easily scalable to
fully support current and future services," said Esa Korvenmaa, managing
director of Cisco Systems Finland.
"Network solutions are always planned according to the needs of the
client. Critical systems, like Docrates was seeking, have been executed with
advanced technology that fits perfectly into the healthcare environment. Only
this way, can one guarantee operational reliability and easy maintenance."
said Sami Grönberg, managing director of Vintor, the systems integrator
working with Docrates.
About Docrates
Docrates is a private clinic that specializes in the diagnosis, treatment
and follow-up of cancer. The patient has access to examinations and
treatments without delay. The central goal is to guarantee the quality of
life of the patient. Docrates Clinic works in cooperation with the
pharmaceutical and the biomedical equipment manufacturers in research and
development. This cooperation enables us to utilise the newest medications
and methods at the right time, for patients' benefit. www.docrates.com
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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's solutions
are being used in more than 150 hospitals around the world, as well as by
manufacturers, mining/oil/gas companies, government agencies and the
military. 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, Calif.; Reston, Va.; Helsinki, Finland; and Hong Kong,
China. For more information about Ekahau, please visit www.ekahau.com.
(c) Copyright 2010, Ekahau, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Harri Puurunen, Managing Director, Docrates, +358-50-500-1830, harri.puurunen at docrates.com . Timo Sinkkilä, Healthcare solutions, Cisco Systems Finland Oy, +358-20-470-6224 Office, +358-400-651-561 Mobile. U.S. Media Contact: Juliet Travis, Rocket Science PR, for Ekahau, +1-415-464-8110 x 215, juliet at rocketscience.com . Annina Pierson, Marketing Director, Ekahau, +358-20-743-5910, annina.pierson at ekahau.com .
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