Newtown, PA – January 11, 2021 – CenTrak, a leading provider of enterprise locating and sensing solutions for the healthcare industry, today 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 leading market intelligence organization that recognizes the top companies, technologies and products in the global Internet-of-Things (IoT) market.
“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,” said David Minning, president and CEO, CenTrak. “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, and contact tracing among patients, visitors, staff and equipment.
CenTrak also offers asset tracking and management for medical equipment, and workflow and safety solutions for staff and patients via IoT-enabled badges and sensors. Additionally, the platform enables applications that can help healthcare organizations address the financial fallout of the pandemic, such as capacity management and labor optimization.
“Now more than ever, healthcare leaders are searching for ways to control the spread of the disease and increase operational efficiency,” said James Johnson, managing director, IoT Breakthrough. “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 mission of the IoT Breakthrough Awards program is to recognize the innovators, leaders and visionaries in a range of IoT categories. This year’s program attracted more than 3,850 nominations from companies all over the world.
“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,” continued Minning.
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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. For more information, visit CenTrak.com.
About IoT Breakthrough
Part of the Tech Breakthrough, a leading market intelligence and recognition platform for global technology innovation and leadership, the IoT Breakthrough Awards program is devoted to honoring excellence in Internet-of-Things technologies, services, companies and products. The IoT Breakthrough Awards 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. For more information visit IoTBreakthrough.com.