12 de Octubre Hospital Deploys Ekahau Positioning Engine and Tags
Written by Ekahau
Friday, 01 August 2008
12 de Octubre Hospital Deploys Ekahau Positioning Engine and Tags with Panic Button to Support Security of Emergency Room Personnel
Saratoga, CA --- 30.7.08 --- Ekahau Inc., a leading provider of Wi-Fi-based Real Time Location Systems (RTLS), today announced that the 12 de Octubre Hospital in Madrid, Spain, has installed a Wi-Fi-based location tracking solution that is designed to improve security and safety of its emergency room employees. The solution, deployed by Indra, is built on the Ekahau Positioning Engine, a software-based location server that leverages existing enterprise Wi-Fi infrastructure for location tracking.
“The Ekahau Positioning Engine helps hospitals capitalize on their existing Wi-Fi infrastructure,” said Antti Korhonen, president and CEO of Ekahau. “Not only can they quickly and cost-effectively deploy new applications – like the Indra’s panic button application – but new applications can easily be added to improve reporting, compliance and workflow within a healthcare setting.”
With this pioneering Spanish healthcare deployment, the 12 de Octubre Hospital will provide its emergency room personnel with Ekahau Wi-Fi tags that include a “panic button” that can be pushed in the event of a security concern, such as assault or robbery. This panic button application will alert the hospital’s security department, enabling them to know exactly where the incident has occurred and respond promptly.
The panic button application in use at 12 de Octubre Hospital is just one module of the Indra Localiza® Suite (ILS), which is based on the Ekahau Positioning Engine. The solution also enables hospitals to use the same Wi-Fi infrastructure to create secure access zones within a building. By doing this, users can detect unauthorized access to restricted areas and track the location of assets to prevent loss or theft of critical equipment. Additionally, the Ekahau location tracking solution can be integrated with IP telephony systems, enabling users to receive alerts and manage the system from a Wi-Fi smartphone or dual-mode GSM/Wi-Fi phone.
“Ekahau RTLS provided our development team with one of the most powerful and flexible API software interfaces, enabling us to quickly and easily integrate the Ekahau Positioning Engine into our application layer,” said Jose Antelo, responsible for Solutions Development in Corporate Networking at Indra. “Another advantage to partnering with Ekahau is that its solution provides the best level of accuracy available in the market over standard WLAN access points and requires no additional infrastructure deployment to track assets down to the room level.”
About Indra
Indra is the premier information technology company in Spain and a leading IT multinational in Europe and Latin America. It is ranked as the second European company in its sector, according to stock market capitalization, and is one of the three Spanish companies with more investment in R&D. In 2007, revenues exceeded euro 2,167 million, of which a third came from the international market. The company employs more than 23,000 professionals and has clients in more than 82 countries. For more information about INDRA please visit www.indra.es
About Ekahau Inc.
Ekahau Inc. is the industry leader in providing Wi-Fi based RTLS 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 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, CA; Reston, VA; Helsinki, Finland; and Hong Kong, China. For more information about Ekahau, please visit at www.ekahau.com
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