Agility Healthcare Solutions to Unveil Enterprise Resource Visibility Solution at HIMSS 07
RICHMOND, Va. February 23, 2007 Agility Healthcare Solutions, the first company to deliver RFID-enabled workflow and resource management solutions to the healthcare industry, will demonstrate the newest generation of AgileTracTM, its Enterprise Resource Visibility Solution at the HIMSS Conference in New Orleans February 26 through March 1 (Booth 6110). Utilizing real time location systems such as RFID, AgileTracTM provides visibility into the status and location of patients and each of the critical resources required to optimize patient flow including beds/rooms, staff and equipment.
Agility's tracking solutions are the first to be designed specifically for the healthcare industry and the first to feature dedicated operational support services to optimize business processes, monitor and measure cost reductions, and identify equipment utilization improvement opportunities. Agility's solutions improve workflow and business processes and include patient tracking and surgical services throughput optimization. Agility's AgileTracTM is the only industry tracking solution that incorporates real time location tracking of patients and clinical assets with workflow management and configurable user views.
Coordinating and managing the elements of patient care the patient, the caregivers, the processes, and the equipment is central to improving the quality of healthcare delivery, explains Fran Dirksmeier, CEO, Agility Healthcare Solutions. AgileTracTM is a truly revolutionary advance in coordinating and managing the elements of patient care. It utilizes real time location systems to provide accurate and timely information about patients, staff, beds, and equipment. A Geographical Information System makes location of resources across facilities, floors and departments quick and easy. AgileTracTM provides customers with the ability to create user defined dashboard pages, and it supports the ability to create, track and fill requests across all managed resources. Real time location tracking, configurable dashboards, workflow definitions and rules, and sophisticated query capabilities make AgileTracTM the next generation of tracking solution for the healthcare industry.
Key Features of the AgileTracTM Enterprise Resource Visibility Solution include:
Workflow definition and rules
Alerts and notifications on critical movement and status changes
Real time location systems for the automatic tracking and management of patients and resources
User configurable home page with favorite view, reports, metrics and searches
Requests can be entered and fulfilled for consults, transport, bed assignment, equipment and staff
Map and tabular views provide enterprise visibility to the status, current location, and length of stay at location
Real-time user configurable dashboard metrics
Data warehouse for retrospective reporting and trend analysis
Interoperability with other hospital applications for ADT, scheduling, and bi-directional tracking
ED and OR specific views, workflows and rules
Multi-Facility resource management
The benefits of Agility's Enterprise Resource Visibility Solution include a web based application for ease of deployment and support; real time location systems that automatically capture location and movement data; workflow definitions and rules that provide the ability to benchmark current processes and reengineer work flow to provide the best patient flow and optimal resource utilization; improved ability to react to current conditions and predict future resource needs; enhanced patient satisfaction due to reduced wait times; and greater staff satisfaction due to improved communication and availability of information.
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About Agility Healthcare Solutions
Agility is the first company to deliver RFID-enabled workflow and resource management solutions to the healthcare industry. Agility is transforming the way hospitals track, manage, measure, and improve patient throughput while optimizing resource utilization and staff productivity. Agility's revolutionary business model delivers technology as part of a comprehensive service offering. Agility charges a simple, monthly service fee that includes RFID resource tracking hardware and software, professional implementation services, maintenance, business process optimization, training and ongoing operational resources support. With this model healthcare providers have no up-front capital expenditures, and this model transfers much of the typical technical and business risks of technology investments from the healthcare providers to Agility. |