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Agility
Delivers the Healthcare Industry's Largest
RFID-Enabled Mobile Asset Management Program That
Reduces Total Cost of Equipment Ownership
RICHMOND, Va. – April 21, 2004 – Agility Healthcare Solutions is delivering the largest radio frequency identification-enabled (RFID-enabled) mobile asset management program in the U.S. healthcare industry, and the first designed to significantly reduce the total cost of equipment ownership, to Bon Secours Richmond Health System in Richmond, Virginia.
Agility is providing tracking and management services for critical mobile medical equipment for three Bon Secours Richmond hospitals under a five-year service fee arrangement. AgileTrac, Agility's comprehensive mobile medical equipment management program, will be fully operational this spring, said Fran Dirksmeier, Agility chief executive officer. Bon Secours Richmond, which has a fourth hospital under construction that will feature AgileTrac, provides a variety of healthcare services and is one of Richmond 's largest employers.
'We're working closely with Bon Secours to evaluate all business processes and operating costs associated with their significant investment in mobile equipment. We fully anticipate that our AgileTrac program will provide them with an attractive return on investment within the first full year of operations,' said Dirksmeier. 'But that's just a start. We can track and manage other resources so that clients like Bon Secours can take full advantage of the robust RFID platform we've put into place. '
Jerrold Maki, Bon Secours Richmond's chief administrative officer, said, 'Agility has been able to quantify our total mobile equipment costs and streamline our equipment management processes. Not only are we expecting the Agility solution to reduce costs and improve staff productivity, but also to improve patient care and assist with our compassionate quality healthcare mission.' |