VA Inks $543M RTLS Contract For 152 Medical Centers Nationwide

Real-time technology to help improve operational efficiency, quality, satisfaction and compliance

The Department of Veterans Affairs has tapped HP Enterprise Services and Intelligent InSites for a $543 million contract to deploy real-time locating system technology in VA medical centers nationwide.

The five-year contract will provide 152 medical centers in the 21 Veterans Integrated Service Networks and seven Consolidated Medical Outpatient Pharmacy facilities with system-wide technology to help improve operational efficiency, quality, satisfaction and compliance, officials say – part of the VA's larger project to drive down operational costs, reduce delays in patient care and increase clinical efficiencies and staff productivity.

"The flexibility of the Intelligent InSites platform, including its ability to empower multiple applications to deliver real-time operational intelligence across multiple use cases and multiple facilities, supports VA's vision to improve health care efficiency across the VA enterprise," said Kimberly Brayley, director of the RTLS Project Management Office of Veterans Health Administration, in a statement...