IoT Health & Wellness Company of the Year
CenTrak, a healthcare IoT solutions provider, won the 2021 "IoT Health & Wellness Company of the Year" award for its enterprise platform that supports infection control, contact tracing, asset tracking, and operational efficiencies to help healthcare and senior living facilities manage pandemic challenges and financial recovery.
Newtown, PA – January 11, 2021 – CenTrak, a leading provider of enterprise locating and sensing solutions for the healthcare industry, announced it won the “IoT Health & Wellness Company of the Year” award in the 5th annual IoT Breakthrough Awards. The awards program is conducted by IoT Breakthrough, a market intelligence organization that recognizes top companies, technologies, and products in the global Internet-of-Things (IoT) market.
David Minning, president and CEO of CenTrak, stated: “The timing of this award is significant because of the many challenges that 2020 presented to the healthcare and senior living industries. In response to the needs of our customers, we quickly reconfigured our location data reports to support a more advanced contact tracing solution and deployed a unique PPE internal order management system. Our solutions help healthcare leaders reduce the spread of hospital-acquired infections and enable operational efficiencies that will aid in their recovery from the financial impacts of the pandemic.”
CenTrak’s enterprise platform enables a variety of healthcare and senior living solutions, including:
- Infection control applications such as automated temperature monitoring of treatments and vaccines
- Differential air pressure monitoring in isolation rooms
- Hand-hygiene compliance for staff
- Contact tracing among patients, visitors, staff, and equipment
CenTrak also offers asset tracking and management for medical equipment, as well as workflow and safety solutions for staff and patients via IoT-enabled badges and sensors. The platform enables applications that can help healthcare organizations address the financial fallout of the pandemic, such as capacity management and labor optimization.
James Johnson, managing director of IoT Breakthrough, commented: “Now more than ever, healthcare leaders are searching for ways to control the spread of the disease and increase operational efficiency. CenTrak is delivering a breakthrough connected healthcare platform that is helping organizations achieve these goals. Even after this current health crisis comes to an end, CenTrak’s innovative, end-to-end location and sensing technologies will continue to help the healthcare industry pursue its digital transformation. Congratulations to CenTrak on their well-deserved award win as ‘IoT Health & Wellness Company of the Year.’”
The IoT Breakthrough Awards program aims to recognize innovators, leaders, and visionaries in a range of IoT categories. The 2021 program attracted more than 3,850 nominations from companies worldwide.
David Minning added: “We are thrilled to be recognized by IoT Breakthrough and see this as a testament to the hard work of our teams to pivot in the face of the challenges presented by 2020. We will use this award as an incentive to continue to innovate and maintain our commitment to excellence and creativity in the IoT healthcare space.”
About CenTrak
CenTrak empowers healthcare leaders with actionable data to increase productivity, reduce operating costs, and transform patient care via market-leading locating and sensing IoT solutions. Founded in 2007 and named a visionary in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for indoor location services, CenTrak is trusted by more than 1,700 healthcare organizations around the world.
About IoT Breakthrough
Part of Tech Breakthrough, a market intelligence and recognition platform for global technology innovation and leadership, the IoT Breakthrough Awards program honors excellence in Internet-of-Things technologies, services, companies, and products. The program provides a forum for public recognition around the achievements of IoT companies and products in categories including Connected Home and Home Automation, Connected Car, Industrial IoT (IIoT) and Smart City, Consumer IoT, and more.
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