Denver Health Contracts with PanGo for Real-Time Asset Tracking; Location-Aware Solution to Track Critical Clinical Equipment and Leverage Wi-Fi Network and Active RFID Technologies

Business Wire, Feb 13, 2006

SAN DIEGO -- PanGo Networks, the leading location management platform and applications provider, today announced that it has contracted with Denver Health to provide real-time visibility into the precise location of critical clinical equipment in the new Women's and Children's Pavilion, scheduled to open in August.

Denver Health, home to the Rocky Mountain region's academic Level I trauma center, and the 398-licensed bed safety net hospital for the City and County of Denver, will utilize the PanGo Locator(R) application to track more than 1,000 biomedical devices.

"In a large, fast-paced environment like ours, biomedical equipment is constantly being moved throughout the hospital to care for patients," said Jeff Pelot, chief technology officer, Denver Health. "The ability to quickly locate, manage and maintain equipment is paramount to excellent patient care."

PanGo's complete location management solution includes an intuitive end-user application for asset monitoring and reporting, true Wi-Fi active RFID tags and a location management platform that integrates location data into third-party or custom healthcare and business applications. PanGo Locator is the only active RFID solution available today that leverages any Wi-Fi access point infrastructure as its reader network, eliminating the need for a separate and costly overlay of hardware, wiring and associated labor.

Integration with Existing Systems Makes the Difference

PanGo's solutions offer the unique ability to integrate with a hospital's existing infrastructure, including widely deployed Cisco Wi-Fi networks, the Cisco 2700 Location Appliance and clinical maintenance management systems (CMMS) such as the TMS(R) family of products from Four Rivers Software Systems, a leading maintenance management software system provider for the healthcare industry and a PanGo partner. As a result, customers can leverage their existing IT infrastructure investments to create a robust and cost-effective location-aware wireless network for biomedical staff.

"Tracking down available equipment can result in lost time and long patient and staff wait times - inefficiencies that are simply intolerable in today's healthcare environments," said Mike McGuinness, president and CEO of PanGo. "By working with partners like Four Rivers Software Systems and Cisco, we're pleased to help leading hospital networks like Denver Health make the most of their IT and clinical equipment investments to improve the speed and quality of patient care, streamline employee and workflow efficiency, and help contain the cost of 'lost' equipment."

About PanGo Networks

PanGo is the leading provider of location-aware platforms and applications designed for enterprise scale deployment. Its integrated, Wi-Fi-based location management solution allows organizations to transform standards-based wireless networks into a platform for intelligent applications that improve important business processes. With its flagship PanOS Platform(R) and asset tracking applications, PanGo offers the industry's first complete solution for real-time asset visibility and context-aware information delivery. Specializing in a range of markets including healthcare, manufacturing, retail and government, PanGo delivers reliable and accurate information about the location of connected devices, people and assets.

For more information, visit www.pangonetworks.com.

About Denver Health System

Denver Health, formerly known as Denver General Hospital, is the Rocky Mountain Region's academic Level I trauma center, and the safety net hospital for the City and County of Denver. The Denver Health system, which integrates acute and emergency care with public and community health, includes Denver Public Health, the Rocky Mountain Regional Trauma Center, Denver Health Paramedic Division, Denver's 911 emergency medical response system, nine family health centers, 12 school-based health clinics, the Rocky Mountain Poison and Drug Center, NurseLine, Correctional Care, Denver CARES, Denver Health Foundation, Denver Health Medical Plan and the Rocky Mountain Center for Medical Response to Terrorism, Mass Casualties and Epidemics.