Intelligent InSites Leverages Trimble’s ThingMagic RFID Technology
Enterprise RTLS healthcare software from Intelligent InSites integrates
with leading passive radio frequency identification (RFID) technology.
Fargo, ND, February 14, 2012 -- Intelligent InSites, Inc., the leading
provider of enterprise real-time location systems (RTLS) software helping
hospitals improve patient satisfaction and operational performance while
supporting multiple radio frequency identification (RFID) and RTLS
technologies, has announced that its InSites RTLS solution supports
ThingMagic Astra® readers for passive RFID data integration.
“The ability of the InSites solution to automatically collect and
intelligently process real-time location data from a variety of locating
technologies is unique in the RTLS space,” said Ralf Mehnert-Meland,
Director of Developer/OEM Relationships at Intelligent InSites. “We
continue to expand our enterprise software by adding support for a
multitude of data sources, such as passive RFID from ThingMagic readers,
to support our healthcare clients in choosing the best RTLS technologies
for their particular requirements.”
“Passive RFID readers combined with Intelligent InSites’ superior RTLS
software platform enables an expansion of locating solutions in
healthcare, allowing hospitals to focus less on the underlying technology
and more on improving processes and reducing cost,” said Ken Lynch,
Director of Marketing at Trimble’s ThingMagic Division.
Astra is an easy to install, unobtrusive, UHF RFID reader with a fully
integrated antenna designed for commercial environments, such as
hospitals and clinics. Driven by ThingMagic's leading modular radios
Astra readers offer Power over Ethernet (PoE) and WiFi options allowing
for flexible, low cost, installations. Finished and embedded RFID readers
from ThingMagic RFID readers have been selected by many hospitals and
healthcare solution providers for a wide range of applications including
loss prevention, asset management, patient and staff workflow
optimization, and pharmaceutical management.
The InSites RTLS software solution is built to collect real-time location
and condition sensing data from any type of RTLS technology, including
active RFID, infrared/RF, passive RFID, ultrasound, Wi-Fi, and ZigBee,
then manage that real-time enterprise data, seamlessly and intuitively,
through the InSites interface. By leveraging this real-time data and
InSites’ applications, such as asset management, patient flow, and
temperature monitoring applications, hospitals are able to achieve
meaningful and measurable hard-dollar cost savings while improving
patient satisfaction and patient care.
About Trimble’s ThingMagic Division
Trimble’s ThingMagic Division is a leading provider of UHF RFID reader
engines, development platforms and design services for a wide range of
applications. ThingMagic develops products for demanding high-volume
applications and provides consulting and design services to create
solutions for challenging applications. ThingMagic's customers include
some of the world's largest industrial automation firms, manufacturers,
automotive companies, retailers and consumer companies. Located in
Cambridge, Massachusetts, ThingMagic was founded in 2000 by a group of
visionary PhD graduates from Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s
Media Lab. ThingMagic is "The Engine in RFID™". For more information,
visit: www.thingmagic.com.
About Trimble
Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) applies technology to make field and mobile
workers in businesses and government significantly more productive.
Solutions are focused on applications requiring position or location—
including surveying, construction, agriculture, fleet and asset
management, public safety and mapping. In addition to utilizing
positioning technologies, such as GPS, lasers and optics, Trimble
solutions may include software content specific to the needs of the user.
Wireless technologies are utilized to deliver the solution to the user
and to ensure a tight coupling of the field and the back office. Founded
in 1978, Trimble is headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif. For more
information, visit www.trimble.com.
About Intelligent InSites
Intelligent InSites helps healthcare organizations improve care and
reduce costs by transforming automatically-collected data into actionable
insights. Through its interoperable, hardware-agnostic, healthcare real-
time location system (RTLS) software platform, Intelligent InSites
gathers data from real-time location, condition sensing, and other
systems; then delivers meaningful information to the right person, at the
right time, on the right device. Intelligent InSites’ customers gain
enterprise-wide visibility and are able to impact continuous process
improvements, resulting in remarkable financial and quality of care
outcomes. For more information, visit www.IntelligentInSites.com.
Press Contact:
Joanna Wyganowska
Intelligent InSites, Inc.
102 Broadway, Suite #200
Fargo, ND
701-893-2000
press@intelligentinsites.com
http://www.IntelligentInSites.com