AeroScout Receives Exclusive AHA Endorsement
Chicago, August 14, 2007 — AHA Solutions, Inc., a subsidiary of the American Hospital Association (AHA), today announced an exclusive endorsement of AeroScout, Inc.'s Wi-Fi based Active RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) tracking system, which helps hospitals track and manage the location, movement and status of patients, caregivers and vital hospital equipment, allowing hospitals to improve patient care and patient experience as well as reduce costs.
In response to hospital interests, AHA Solutions, Inc. identified tracking systems as an integral element of a new platform of products and services geared to improve operational efficiencies related to patient flow and patient centered care. AeroScout was chosen for endorsement by AHA Solutions after an extensive review and market analysis of the vendors and technologies for RFID and location tracking.
"AeroScout's use of the Wi-Fi standard for asset and patient tracking provides tremendous benefits to hospitals, especially those who need a scalable solution to cover large numbers of equipment and people," said Andy Schoneich, Assistant Vice President, AHA Solutions, Inc. "AeroScout has demonstrated that their solutions can help improve patient care, decrease waste, increase efficiency, and bring financial savings to hospitals."
The AeroScout system uses Wi-Fi networks to deliver accurate, reliable and real-time information about the location and status of any patient, staff member or mobile items such as medication pumps, wheelchairs or defibrillators. This information can be used to quickly find a needed person or item, create asset utilization reports, trigger automated alerts, or interface with a wide variety of health care IT systems — all providing valuable information for optimizing hospital operations. The use of Wi-Fi based Active RFID, pioneered by AeroScout, allows hospitals to easily and quickly install a real-time location solution (RTLS).
"We are extremely pleased to be exclusively endorsed by the American Hospital Association as the recommended Wi-Fi solution for deploying asset and patient tracking across health care enterprises," said Yuval Bar-Gil, CEO and Co-founder of AeroScout. "The market has already embraced the tremendous value that Wi-Fi based asset and patient tracking solutions can provide, and we look forward to working with AHA Solutions to continue this success within the healthcare community."
AeroScout's award-winning products, which include a suite of software, Active RFID tags, and other components, were developed to suit a broad range of health care facility sizes and types. This includes coverage for both indoor and outdoor areas, as well as providers that integrate multiple facilities with varied patient and service mixes. The AeroScout system enables a wide variety of advanced location applications, including but not limited to emergency call-button alerting, temperature monitoring, preventive maintenance reporting and wander prevention for adults. This breadth of coverage and experience was one of AHA's deciding factors in choosing AeroScout.
For further information on the AeroScout solution for WI-FI-based asset and patient tracking, contact Mary Longe, Director, Patient Flow Solutions, at 312-895-2531, AHA Solutions, Inc. or visit the Solutions' web site at http://www.aha-solutions.org/ .
About AHA
The American Hospital Association (AHA) is a not-for-profit association of health care provider organizations and individuals that are committed to the health improvement of their communities. The AHA is the national advocate for its members, which includes more than 5,000 hospitals, health care systems, networks, and other providers of care, and 37,000 individuals. Founded in 1898, the AHA provides education for health care leaders and is a source of information on health care issues and trends. For more information, visit the AHA Web site at www.aha.org.
About AHA Solutions
AHA Solutions, Inc. is a subsidiary of the American Hospital Association (AHA) whose purpose is to identify and/or develop products and services that help hospitals and healthcare organizations operate more effectively - and efficiently. As the only area of the AHA with rights to award the AHA Endorsement, the company relies on its due diligence and healthcare industry knowledge to provide resource to healthcare leaders in the areas of Patient Flow, Human Resources, Finance/Revenue Cycle Management, Technology and Risk Management. For more information, contact AHA Solutions at (800) 242-4677 or visit www.aha-solutions.org.
About AeroScout
AeroScout is the market leader in Active RFID asset tracking and location solutions over standard Wi-Fi networks. The company?s enterprise visibility solutions accurately locate and monitor assets and people in both indoor and outdoor environments to improve business processes. A winner of the 2007 Red Herring 100 Spring award for innovative technology, AeroScout has several hundred customers worldwide in the healthcare, manufacturing and logistics industries, including Boeing and more than 35 of the world?s leading hospitals. Founded in 2000, AeroScout pioneered the Wi-Fi visibility market by introducing the industry's first Wi-Fi based Active RFID tag, and is widely recognized as leading the market in number of tags shipped. AeroScout is headquartered in Redwood City, Calif., with offices in Europe and Asia. For more information, please visit www.aeroscout.com.
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