Tuesday, October 21st, 2008 @ 11:00am – 12:30pm EDT
USID - The Accurate RTLS Alternative to RFID
Speakers for this event:
- Terry Aasen, President & CEO, Sonitor Technologies
- Jeffrry Falwell, Senior Project Consultant, Seton Medical Center / Dell Professional Services
- Cathy Cocco, Business Development Executive, Sensors and Actuators Emerging Business Opportunity Group, IBM Healthcare & Life Sciences
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 Presentation Learning Objectives:
- Operational ROI significance of Real Time Location Solution applications in Hospitals.
- Planning of RTLS deployment. What to consider. Scope & Performance. Technology. Software. Installation and Deployment.
- Experiences from existing hospital deployments, challenges, solutions, and results.
- Most common RTLS applications in ED, OR and hospital wide.
- Avoiding pitfalls and driving the ROI benefits. The significance of accurate RTLS input and advantages of USID vs. RFID/iR/WiFi.
Three part Webinar Structure:
1. Provide detailed knowledge of ROI opportunities attainable with the right RTLS solutions. What are the most important hospital considerations to accommodate not only current, but also future RTLS needs and ROI opportunities? There are many RTLS technologies claiming various advantages; what is most important when selecting a technology? What are the performance differences of USID (Ultrasound ID) and RFID/iR/WiFi?
2. The second part will be a case study presentation from Seton Medical Center (Austin, TX), covering:
- Things to consider when selecting RTLS technology
- Advantages and Disadvantages considered
- Suggested process for selecting your solution
- Criteria used for selection
- Experiences and ROI indications
3. The “full RTLS picture” from IBM’s perspective. IBM will share their expertise in the field of RTLS with different technologies and solution. IBM is now leading the way in the development and integration of enterprise wide, custom Sensor and Actuator (S&A) solutions to provide dramatic benefits for health care providers, caregivers and patients.
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Sponsored by:
Sonitor Technologies is a leading RTLS technology developer and provider with focus on the healthcare industry, with close to 30 successful hospital deployments using its unique ultrasound based technology.
Seton Medical Center is Austin's largest medical/surgical acute care center, with 446 beds. The Seton Family of Hospitals, a not-for-profit organization, is the leading provider of healthcare services in Central Texas, serving an 11-county population of 1.7 million.
IBM is a leading integrator and implementer of RFID solutions worldwide using barcode, passive and active technologies across many industry sectors. IBM provides IT and process redesign and integration services to assist healthcare organizations in realizing tangible value from their IT-enabled initiatives.
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