Temperature Monitoring Feature

AT&T Recommends Asset Tracking, Temperature Monitoring Solution for Calif. Hospital

By Deepika Mala, TMCnet Contributor

Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital has contracted with AT&T (News - Alert) for the deployment of AeroScout’s Wi-Fi RFID asset tracking and temperature monitoring solutions.

 

Company officials said the solutions will help Henry Mayo’s ongoing improvement of daily workflow, staff satisfaction and operational efficiency. It will further, reduce rental equipment costs and enhance patient care and safety.

 

Located in the heart of Santa Clarita Valley, Henry Mayo is a 221-bed, not-for-profit community hospital and trauma center. Recently named a disaster resource center for Los Angeles County, Henry Mayo, recently named a disaster resource center for Los Angeles County, is responsible for providing medical equipment, medication and care to the entire community in the event of an emergency or natural disaster.

 

During an emergency and in day-to-day operations, to quickly locate and manage assets, the hospital’s management team, representing biomedical engineering, facilities, central supply, transportation, security, IT and disaster planning resources – sought a real-time location system.

 

To assist Henry Mayo in improving efficiencies and reducing costs, Henry Mayo, after evaluating solutions from four vendors, selected AT&T along with AeroScout.

 

AT&T, being the primary telecommunications provider of Henry Mayo, recommended an asset tracking and management solution from AeroScout, a leading provider of unified asset visibility for the healthcare industry.

 

The solution has been designed to help the hospital track the use of key assets such as beds, wheelchairs, gurneys, patient-controlled analgesia pumps and infusion pumps. Owing to this solution, the hospital now has the ability to optimize asset management and equipment utilization levels throughout all departments.

 

Moreover, AeroScout’s temperature monitoring solution is used to facilitate compliance with The Joint Commission regulations by ensuring refrigerator temperatures remain, for pharmaceuticals, tissue samples and other temperature-sensitive material, within the specified range.

 

“We chose to work with AT&T because of its ability to deliver solutions for all our telecommunications needs,” Cindy Peterson, chief information officer at Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital, said. “In addition, AeroScout’s robust set of solutions not only met our defined needs, but also supported many more potential uses. Another important factor was that AeroScout was able to leverage and complement our Cisco (News - Alert) Unified Wireless Network, as this is the Wi-Fi network that we’ve made our standard.”

 

In related news, AT&T Inc. has announced that Sonia Perez has been named president of AT&T Louisiana. She most recently served as vice president for AT&T Texas.

Deepika Mala is a contributing editor for TMCnet. To read more of her articles, please visit her columnist page.

Edited by Erin Harrison