UHC Selects AeroScout’s Wi-Fi RFID Solutions Based on Breadth of Healthcare Offerings and Leadership Position
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – January 12, 2009 - University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC) has awarded a contract to AeroScout, Inc., a provider of Wi-Fi Active RFID healthcare solutions for improving hospital efficiency, regulatory compliance, patient care and safety. AeroScout’s proven and widely used healthcare solutions were chosen from among many vendors following a competitive process and analysis. AeroScout is one of two suppliers awarded by UHC for Asset Tracking Systems and Equipment.
UHC is an alliance of 103 academic medical centers and 191 of their affiliated hospitals representing approximately 90% of the nation's non-profit academic medical centers. The mission of UHC is to advance knowledge, foster collaboration, and promote change to help members succeed in their respective markets. UHC’s vision is to be a catalyst for change, accelerating the achievement of clinical and operational excellence.
Under the three-year agreement, AeroScout, the leading provider of Unified Asset Visibility for healthcare, will offer UHC’s members in the U.S. a broad range of solutions for:
“We were impressed with the breadth of AeroScout’s offering, its leadership and reputation in the healthcare industry and the number of UHC members that are already AeroScout clients,” said Cindy White, UHC Vice President of Operations. “AeroScout is an ideal partner and we’re pleased to extend the benefits of AeroScout’s solutions to all of our members.”
AeroScout solutions enable medical centers to leverage their existing Wi-Fi networks to track and monitor the status, condition and location of mobile assets and people. It is the worldwide market leader in Wi-Fi-based Active RFID solutions, with the most deployments and number of tags shipped, and its solutions work with and are certified by all enterprise Wi-Fi vendors. In addition to the endorsement and preferred-provider status from UHC, AeroScout has also received an exclusive endorsement of its solutions from the American Hospital Association.
“Academic medical centers and community hospitals around the world, including many UHC members, rely on AeroScout’s solutions to operate more efficiently, comply with regulatory standards and improve patient care,” said Gabi Daniely, VP of Marketing and Product Strategy at AeroScout. “We are proud of our healthcare leadership position and look forward to building on the success we’ve already had with UHC organizations by serving even more of their members.”
About UHC
Founded in 1984, the University HealthSystem Consortium is an alliance of 103 of the nation's leading academic medical centers and 191 associate member institutions affiliated with those academic medical centers, which represents more than 90% of the nonprofit academic medical centers in the United States.
About AeroScout
AeroScout is the market leader in Unified Asset Visibility solutions. Clients improve operational efficiency and quality using AeroScout products that leverage standard Wi-Fi networks to track and manage the location, condition and status of mobile assets and people. AeroScout’s global customer base consists of leading hospital, manufacturing and logistics organizations, including many of the Fortune 500. The company originally invented the first Wi-Fi-based Active RFID tag, and today is widely recognized as leading the market in number of deployments and tags shipped. Headquartered in Redwood City, Calif., AeroScout has offices in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Latin America and Australia. For more information, please visit www.aeroscout.com.
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