VT Upgrades Eiris Tracking and Management Software

EIRIS 4.7.1 is now available for customer deployment. This new release of our field-proven Eiris Tracking and Management Software has undergone a substantial upgrade in functionality including an abundance of new bundled features.

Using customer feedback collected by our professional services group over the past year, Eiris V 4.7.1 now provides a richer collection of tools to easily configure, manage and use VT’s range of unified and hybrid Elpas, SpiderAlert and VisAccess Safety, Security and Visibility Solutions.

Key new features and capabilities in Eiris 4.7.1  included:

• Comprehensive support for hybrid Elpas installations that include both legacy LON and Elpas2 (Ethernet) network infrastructure devices. This is useful for scaling/expanding existing LON installations using Elpas Ethernet/RS-485 hardware.
• Optional Visitor Module & Parking Lot extensions for VisAccess installations plus new LF Supervision, and Floor Recovery utilities for Elpas systems.

VT’s Presence at HIMSS11

Visonic Technologies’ sales and management teams have recently returned from the HIMSS11 (Healthcare Information and Management Systems) conference where VT exhibited Elpas solutions at the conference’s new RFID and RTLS Showcase pavilion. The pavilion was designed by the RFID in Healthcare Consortium in conjunction with HIMSS. Visitors to this pavilion were able to learn more about the benefits of implementing RFID & RTLS solutions in their healthcare facilities.

The Hospital Smart Room was the main attraction of the pavilion, created to simulate a real patient room, exhibiting these technologies. VT’s BabyMatch Infant Protection Solution was among the solutions demonstrated. Visitors were able to see the full functionality of the infant protection solution including baby-mother match tests and exit and matching alarms. Pavilion visitors were also invited to visit VT’s kiosk where they were able to receive further information on other Elpas Active RFID & RTLS Healthcare Solutions.

Now a Wristband with Lock option for the Elpas Heathcare Positioning Tag

VT has added as an accessory for the Elpas Heathcare Positioning Tag a Reusable Wristband with Lock. This new wristband option was designed for Wandering Patient and Patient Tracking Solutions and  is ideal for senior residents or ambulatory patients suffering from Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia who exhibit the tendency to remove their Elpas wrist tags since they see them as unfamiliar.

The Reusable Wristband with Lock is made from safe canvas non-elastic material and is locked around the wrist using a patient safe pin/magnet. When worn the tracking tag may be easily removed from the protected individual’s wrist using a handheld magnetic pin retraction tool.

 Contact your VT Representative for details.

The Elpas Door Kit is Everything You Need for a Single-Door Wandering Patient Starter Solution

The Elpas Door Kit supplies low-cost versatile protection of ambulatory individuals suffering from Alzheimer’s disease and dementia or other high risk residents and patients who exhibit the tendency to wander off unnoticed.

This Wandering Patient Protection Solution permits regular movement of care givers, other residents or family members through a protected doorway while preventing un-supervised ‘Wanderers’ from leaving the protected area. Should these high risk residents or patients approach the door through which they are not allowed to pass unescorted, the solution’s automatic alert functionality immediately triggers.

The Elpas Door Kit highlights VT’s technological commitment to deliver wandering patient protection for smaller healthcare facilities. As an innovative safety and security engineered solution which is easy to install with minimal facility impact, it eliminates the need for a costly dedicated computer server, does not require field programming and is simple to use by all staff members.

The Elpas Door Kit is factory pre-configured to support flexible patient escort alternatives, handle as many patients, residents or escorts as required and supports intelligent alert options. This out-of-the-box solution is easily expandable to cover additional doors, an entire floor, a whole building or a complete campus in order to protect patients and staff members and to manage medical assets without degradation to the core wandering patient functionality.

The Elpas Door Kit is internationally safety compliant and is CE, FCC and IC approved.

Enhanced Elpas Reusable Tag for Infant Protection & High-Risk Patient Applications

VT announces the availability of its enhanced Elpas Active RFID/RTLS Reusable Tag.  The tag’s unique form factor and comfort makes it ideal  for protecting infants from abduction in maternity units or for the monitoring and tracking of high-risk patients who wander.

The tag’s dual technology transmitter emits  radio frequency (RF) messages plus infra-red (IR) messages that can be used to determine the location of the infant or patient to room level and sub-room level precision in open and enclosed indoor spaces without EMF interference to hospital equipment. The tag also has  a low frequency (LF) receiver that supports chokepoint area detection.

The Reusable Tag  supports Elpas2; VT’s new, innovative topology for backhauling RFID/RTLS security and safety solutions over wired or wireless Ethernet/Wi-Fi networks and also complements VT‘s growing portfolio of 433MHz Active RFID/RTLS tags for asset security and utilization, personnel and patient safety and remote sensor applications.

Visonic Technologies’ Annual Partners forum

Hi All,

Visonic Technologies will hold its annual Partner forum in January in Budapest.
We will be unveiling a number of significant developments that have been under development for the past year or two.

VT’s new IP and RS-485 based infrastructure to be released this spring, a multi-site architecture for Eiris, temperature sensing tags and more.

Whether you specialize in access control, staff security, asset tracking, nurse call, wandering patient or infant protection, I strongly recommend that you join us to see these developments for yourself  and enjoy the sites of Budapest.

For additional information see our web site at www.visonictech.com

VT’s products mission

Visonic Technologies offers integrated active RFID/RTLS solutions to enhance security and safety throughout the enterprise.
Offering a wide range of products from niche-market applications to high-end unified visibility and safety solutions, Visonic Technologies caters to the needs of industries and institutions where the identification, location, security and safety of people and assets is mission critical to business performance.