January 8, 2009. Centrak, www.centrak.com a leader provider of Real Time Location (RTLS) systems for tracking equipment and people indoors has been recognized in the Journal of Healthcare Information Management (JHIM) for its "best of breed inTouchCare tracking systemss. The article, entitled "The Optimal RTLS Solutions for Hospitals" evaluated RTLS technologies in three key tracking technology criteria for hospitals: accuracy and precision; installation and scalability; and flexibility. In all three measures, InTouchCare best met hospital's needs.
In TouchCare can provide hospitals 100% room-level, and sub-room level accuracy thanks to CenTrak's "Virtual Wall" technology, since infrared light cannot penetrate walls like other RF Technologies such as Ultra Wide Band (UWB), and ZigBee. This is a significant advantage over competing solutions that according to the JHIM article, are accurate an estimated 70 percent of the time and therefore are not a practical long-term option for hospitals. For hospitals, a 30 percent difference is significant, as knowing the accurate location of assets and people can result in measurable cost savings through increased productivity and decreased lost of medical equipment.
