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CSSS of St. Jerome Deploys Ekahau RTLS to Improve Patient and Staff Safety
Leading Canadian Hospital Uses Ekahau Badge Tags and Wi-Fi-based Location Tracking Technology to Speed Response Times When Staff Need Assistance
RESTON, Virginia, April 20, 2010--
Ekahau Inc., the performance leader in Wi-Fi-based Real Time
Location Systems (RTLS), today announced that the Centre de sante et services
sociaux (CSSS) de St-Jerome (the St-Jerome health and social services
centre), a 405-bed multidisciplinary hospital in Quebec, Canada, is utilizing
Ekahau RTLS to improve patient and staff safety. Ekahau is proud to work with
ICT solution provider and system integrator Bell Canada to deliver an
innovative solution that enables faster response times when patients or staff
need assistance. It works by pinpointing their location using the Ekahau
T301BD pager tags worn by hospital staff in the hospital's mental health
facility.
The Ekahau tags are part of the Ekahau RTLS solution, an
enterprise-grade location tracking platform used today by many leading
hospitals around the world. Ekahau RTLS leverages a hospital's existing Wi-Fi
network to locate small battery-powered tags anywhere within the footprint of
the network within a matter of seconds.
"At the CSSS de St-Jerome, we have a strong belief that
cutting-edge technologies can help us improve patient and staff care,
increase efficiency and ensure the safety of everyone at our facilities, and
we are continuing to seek innovations to support these goals," said Sylvain
Leclerc, coordinator of IT services and telecommunications at the CSSS de
St-Jerome. "Our ICT solution provider and system integrator Bell Canada found
the right technology to meet our requirements through Ekahau. The Ekahau RTLS
and its badge tags, which offer two-way communications, are an ideal fit for
our innovation strategy, allowing us to leverage our existing Wi-Fi network
for advanced location tracking applications."
Ekahau RTLS is the only Wi-Fi-based location tracking solution
that can operate over any Wi-Fi network, regardless of brand or generation.
Because it is standards-based, Ekahau RTLS can be quickly deployed in a
matter of days or weeks, eliminating the expense and time required by other
systems to install readers, cabling, choke points and exciters. Ekahau RTLS
provides the best accuracy in the industry, enabling users to pinpoint
location down to the sub-room level.
The Ekahau T301BD Wi-Fi pager tags are capable of supporting
two-way communications, enabling users to send and receive text messages. The
units also include a dedicated button, which can be triggered in the event of
an emergency, to alert staff of the situation and to show them where it is
happening.
"Patient and staff safety is a challenge for the healthcare industry that
can be addressed with leading-edge technology, such as RTLS," said Bernard
Barbeau, healthcare sales director for Bell Business Markets. "Our
partnership with Ekahau allows us to deliver a truly innovative and reliable
enterprise-grade RTLS solution to Bell healthcare customers such as
St-Jerome."
The Ekahau RTLS system installed at the CSSS de St-Jerome is
used by hospital employees to call for help in emergency situations, such as
"code white" situations in which a staff member is in danger. Once an
individual pulls on the panic switch on the tag, the tag signals an alert
through the wireless network to an Ekahau server that calculates the location
of the alert and broadcasts it to the other team members through text
messaging, and to other systems and devices in the hospital.
"We are pleased to be working with Bell Canada for the CSSS de
St-Jerome on an application that enhances patient care and provides for
greater staff safety throughout the entire facility," said Tuomo Rutanen,
senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing and Business Development for
Ekahau. "Ekahau's tags and superior location accuracy combine to deliver a
state-of-the-art safety solution for health care facilities around the
world."
About Bell
Bell is Canada's largest communications company, providing consumers and
business with solutions to all their communications needs, including Bell
Mobility wireless, high-speed Bell Internet, Bell TV direct-to-home satellite
television, Bell Home phone local and long distance, and IP-broadband and
information and communications technology (ICT) services. Bell is proud to be
a Premier National Partner and the Exclusive Telecommunications Partner to
the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.
Bell is wholly owned by BCE Inc. (TSX, NYSE: BCE). For information on
Bell's products and services, please visit http://www.bell.ca. For corporate
information on BCE, please visit http://www.bce.ca.
About the CSSS de St. Jerome
The CSSS de St-Jerome has three missions: operating as a
hospital, providing geriatric care and delivering needed community services.
The organization provides services to a population of 125,000 individuals.
The 405-bed hospital includes 85 beds that are reserved for in-patient mental
health care. For more information, please visit http://www.cdsj.org.
About Ekahau Inc.
Ekahau Inc. is the industry leader in providing Wi-Fi-based
RTLS solutions. Ekahau's RTLS technology is routinely recognized for its
superior performance in customer benchmarking and competitive evaluations of
Wi-Fi-based location tracking solutions. Ekahau's customers, including
several Fortune 500 companies worldwide, are realizing the benefits of Wi-Fi
based location services and innovative Wi-Fi network planning and
optimization tools. Ekahau's solutions are being used in several hundred
hospitals around the world, as well as by manufacturers, mining/oil/gas
companies, government agencies and the military. Ekahau partners include
wireless software developers, leading system integrators and international
OEM partners, who develop and market wireless enterprise applications. Ekahau
is a U.S.-based corporation, with offices in Saratoga, Calif.; Reston, Va.;
Helsinki, Finland; and Hong Kong, China. For more information about Ekahau,
please visit http://www.ekahau.com.
(c) Copyright 2010, Ekahau, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Media Contacts:
Juliet Travis
Rocket Science PR/Ekahau
+1-415-464-8110 x 215
juliet@rocketscience.com
Sylvain Leclerc
CSSS de St-Jerome
+1-450-431-8200 x 2663
sylvain.leclerc@cdsj.org
Julie Smithers
Bell Media Relations
+1-416-528-9409
Julie.smithers@bell.ca
Source: Ekahau Inc.
Media Contacts: Juliet Travis, Rocket Science PR, for Ekahau, +1-415-464-8110 x 215, juliet@rocketscience.com, or Sylvain Leclerc, CSSS St. Jerome, +1-450-431-8200 ext 2663, sylvain.leclerc@cdsj.org
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CSSS of St. Jerome Deploys Ekahau RTLS to Improve Patient and Staff Safety
Leading Canadian Hospital Uses Ekahau Badge Tags and Wi-Fi-based Location Tracking Technology to Speed Response Times When Staff Need Assistance
RESTON, Virginia, April 20, 2010--
Ekahau Inc., the performance leader in Wi-Fi-based Real Time
Location Systems (RTLS), today announced that the Centre de sante et services
sociaux (CSSS) de St-Jerome (the St-Jerome health and social services
centre), a 405-bed multidisciplinary hospital in Quebec, Canada, is utilizing
Ekahau RTLS to improve patient and staff safety. Ekahau is proud to work with
ICT solution provider and system integrator Bell Canada to deliver an
innovative solution that enables faster response times when patients or staff
need assistance. It works by pinpointing their location using the Ekahau
T301BD pager tags worn by hospital staff in the hospital's mental health
facility.
The Ekahau tags are part of the Ekahau RTLS solution, an
enterprise-grade location tracking platform used today by many leading
hospitals around the world. Ekahau RTLS leverages a hospital's existing Wi-Fi
network to locate small battery-powered tags anywhere within the footprint of
the network within a matter of seconds.
"At the CSSS de St-Jerome, we have a strong belief that
cutting-edge technologies can help us improve patient and staff care,
increase efficiency and ensure the safety of everyone at our facilities, and
we are continuing to seek innovations to support these goals," said Sylvain
Leclerc, coordinator of IT services and telecommunications at the CSSS de
St-Jerome. "Our ICT solution provider and system integrator Bell Canada found
the right technology to meet our requirements through Ekahau. The Ekahau RTLS
and its badge tags, which offer two-way communications, are an ideal fit for
our innovation strategy, allowing us to leverage our existing Wi-Fi network
for advanced location tracking applications."
Ekahau RTLS is the only Wi-Fi-based location tracking solution
that can operate over any Wi-Fi network, regardless of brand or generation.
Because it is standards-based, Ekahau RTLS can be quickly deployed in a
matter of days or weeks, eliminating the expense and time required by other
systems to install readers, cabling, choke points and exciters. Ekahau RTLS
provides the best accuracy in the industry, enabling users to pinpoint
location down to the sub-room level.
The Ekahau T301BD Wi-Fi pager tags are capable of supporting
two-way communications, enabling users to send and receive text messages. The
units also include a dedicated button, which can be triggered in the event of
an emergency, to alert staff of the situation and to show them where it is
happening.
"Patient and staff safety is a challenge for the healthcare industry that
can be addressed with leading-edge technology, such as RTLS," said Bernard
Barbeau, healthcare sales director for Bell Business Markets. "Our
partnership with Ekahau allows us to deliver a truly innovative and reliable
enterprise-grade RTLS solution to Bell healthcare customers such as
St-Jerome."
The Ekahau RTLS system installed at the CSSS de St-Jerome is
used by hospital employees to call for help in emergency situations, such as
"code white" situations in which a staff member is in danger. Once an
individual pulls on the panic switch on the tag, the tag signals an alert
through the wireless network to an Ekahau server that calculates the location
of the alert and broadcasts it to the other team members through text
messaging, and to other systems and devices in the hospital.
"We are pleased to be working with Bell Canada for the CSSS de
St-Jerome on an application that enhances patient care and provides for
greater staff safety throughout the entire facility," said Tuomo Rutanen,
senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing and Business Development for
Ekahau. "Ekahau's tags and superior location accuracy combine to deliver a
state-of-the-art safety solution for health care facilities around the
world."
About Bell
Bell is Canada's largest communications company, providing consumers and
business with solutions to all their communications needs, including Bell
Mobility wireless, high-speed Bell Internet, Bell TV direct-to-home satellite
television, Bell Home phone local and long distance, and IP-broadband and
information and communications technology (ICT) services. Bell is proud to be
a Premier National Partner and the Exclusive Telecommunications Partner to
the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.
Bell is wholly owned by BCE Inc. (TSX, NYSE: BCE). For information on
Bell's products and services, please visit http://www.bell.ca. For corporate
information on BCE, please visit http://www.bce.ca.
About the CSSS de St. Jerome
The CSSS de St-Jerome has three missions: operating as a
hospital, providing geriatric care and delivering needed community services.
The organization provides services to a population of 125,000 individuals.
The 405-bed hospital includes 85 beds that are reserved for in-patient mental
health care. For more information, please visit http://www.cdsj.org.
About Ekahau Inc.
Ekahau Inc. is the industry leader in providing Wi-Fi-based
RTLS solutions. Ekahau's RTLS technology is routinely recognized for its
superior performance in customer benchmarking and competitive evaluations of
Wi-Fi-based location tracking solutions. Ekahau's customers, including
several Fortune 500 companies worldwide, are realizing the benefits of Wi-Fi
based location services and innovative Wi-Fi network planning and
optimization tools. Ekahau's solutions are being used in several hundred
hospitals around the world, as well as by manufacturers, mining/oil/gas
companies, government agencies and the military. Ekahau partners include
wireless software developers, leading system integrators and international
OEM partners, who develop and market wireless enterprise applications. Ekahau
is a U.S.-based corporation, with offices in Saratoga, Calif.; Reston, Va.;
Helsinki, Finland; and Hong Kong, China. For more information about Ekahau,
please visit http://www.ekahau.com.
(c) Copyright 2010, Ekahau, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Media Contacts:
Juliet Travis
Rocket Science PR/Ekahau
+1-415-464-8110 x 215
juliet@rocketscience.com
Sylvain Leclerc
CSSS de St-Jerome
+1-450-431-8200 x 2663
sylvain.leclerc@cdsj.org
Julie Smithers
Bell Media Relations
+1-416-528-9409
Julie.smithers@bell.ca
Source: Ekahau Inc.
Media Contacts: Juliet Travis, Rocket Science PR, for Ekahau, +1-415-464-8110 x 215, juliet@rocketscience.com, or Sylvain Leclerc, CSSS St. Jerome, +1-450-431-8200 ext 2663, sylvain.leclerc@cdsj.org
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