RTLS KLAS Category Leader for Second Consecutive Year
CenTrak has been named the Real-Time Location Systems (RTLS) Category Leader by healthcare IT data firm KLAS Research for the second consecutive year, recognizing its superior IoT-based Enterprise Location Services that enhance healthcare providers' patient care through accurate, scalable clinical-grade locating technology and strong customer collaboration.
IoT provider of Enterprise Location Services earns industry’s top honor for helping healthcare providers deliver better patient care
Healthcare IT data and insights company, KLAS Research, announced that CenTrak has received its Real-Time Location Systems (RTLS) Category Leader award for the second consecutive year. As the Category Leader, CenTrak received the highest performance score of all ranked RTLS vendors. The recognition confirms the value CenTrak’s unique IoT-based Enterprise Location Services are generating for healthcare providers.
“Category Leader is more than a ranking. It is a recognition of vendors committed to delivering superior solutions,” said Adam Gale, President of KLAS. “It gives voice to thousands of providers who are demanding better performance, usability and interoperability in healthcare technology.”
CenTrak’s focus on Clinical-Grade Locating technology and customer success is supported by the results of the “2018 Best in KLAS: Software and Services” report. One CenTrak customer was quoted as saying:
“Our organization is constantly innovating and coming up with new use cases for the CenTrak hardware. Anytime we need CenTrak to consider a new use case, they are willing to collaborate with us to make it happen. They are always coming out with new products that allow us to innovate.”
Ari Naim, President and CEO of CenTrak, stated:
“This honor confirms how CenTrak clients are putting to use the most accurate and scalable RTLS technology in the industry. As KLAS’ proven market leader for two consecutive years, CenTrak continues to deliver an IoT-based Enterprise Location Services offering that truly transforms the patient experience.”
KLAS Research is a healthcare IT data and insights firm that collects feedback from thousands of healthcare professionals to generate accurate and impartial assessments on software, service and medical equipment vendors. KLAS scores are weighted in sales and contracting, implementation and training, service and support, and overall satisfaction.
About CenTrak
CenTrak improves healthcare operational efficiency and the quality of patient care via the industry’s most robust and scalable Enterprise Location Services™ offering. Ranked #1 as the 2018 KLAS Category Leader for Real-Time Location Systems (RTLS), CenTrak’s technology supports high velocity updates and sub-room level accuracy across the entire healthcare enterprise. In its mission to transform patient care, CenTrak helps world-class healthcare facilities increase productivity, streamline workflows, drive higher patient and staff satisfaction and reduce costs.
About KLAS
KLAS is a research firm on a global mission to improve healthcare delivery by enabling providers to be heard and counted. Working with thousands of healthcare professionals, KLAS gathers insights on software, services and medical equipment to deliver timely reports, trending data and statistical overviews. KLAS data is accurate, honest and impartial. The research directly represents the voice of healthcare professionals and acts as a catalyst for improving vendor performance.
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