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May 11, 2026
When Seconds Matter: How Real-Time Asset Visibility Protects Patients, Supports Clinicians and Stabilizes Care
Hospitals operate in moments measured in seconds. The seconds it takes to intubate, to medicate, to stabilize a deteriorating patient. Clinical expertise is built around rapid, informed response. Yet even the most capable teams cannot act quickly if the equipment

May 7, 2026
See you in Minneapolis!
Optimize your hospital operations with HID Healthcare RTLSJoin us at the American Society for Health Care Engineering’s (ASHE) annual Health Care Facilities Innovation Conference and discover how real-time location technology is helping healthcare facilities run smarter, safer, and more efficiently.

May 7, 2026
Join us at the annual conference for the Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses!
HID Healthcare RTLS will be at AWHONN 2026 in Orlando coming up on June 6-10, 2026. Find us at Booth #432 to explore how real-time location technology is powering safer, smarter healthcare. Ask us how connected, location-aware security helps protect

May 4, 2026
Empowering Care Excellence Through Real-Time Asset Visibility: Creating a Foundation for Reliable, Safe and Cost-Effective Healthcare
Executive Summary Equipment availability is a fundamental but often under-measured driver of patient safety, clinician effectiveness and operational performance. In many hospitals, mobile medical equipment moves constantly across units without real-time visibility. The result is time lost searching, delayed interventions,

April 30, 2026
Strengthening Patient Safety Through Transparency:
HID Healthcare RTLS Partners with The Leapfrog Group Patient safety is not a destination. It is a continuous commitment. Across the healthcare system, organizations are working to deliver safer care, while navigating increasing operational complexity, workforce constraints and growing expectations

April 27, 2026
Staff Safety as Patient Safety: Why Real-Time Response Infrastructure Is Helping Reshape Safer Care for All
Executive Summary Healthcare leaders have spent decades strengthening patient safety through quality initiatives, process redesign and clinical standards. Those efforts have saved lives and meaningfully reshaped care delivery. As healthcare continues to evolve and environments grow more complex, many organizations

April 17, 2026
See you at APIC26!
Optimize your hospital operations with HID Healthcare RTLS Join us at APIC and discover how real-time location technology is helping healthcare facilities run smarter, safer, and more efficiently. Stop by booth 2136 to learn how we can help you streamline

April 13, 2026
How RTLS Supports 2026 Joint Commission Performance Goals for Safety and Staffing
Starting January 1, 2026, The Joint Commission introduced a meaningful shift in how hospitals are evaluated. The move from National Patient Safety Goals (NPSGs) to National Performance Goals (NPGs) places greater emphasis on what organizations can demonstrate over time, not

April 6, 2026
Revolutionizing Hand Hygiene Compliance with More Accurate Monitoring Technology
Hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) remain one of the most persistent challenges in healthcare. On any given day, 1 in 31 hospital patients develops at least one healthcare-associated infection, according to the CDC. These infections threaten patient safety, place additional strain on

March 31, 2026
How Joint Commission Performance Goals Impact Hand Hygiene Accountability
For years, hand hygiene has been one of the most well-established foundations of patient safety. The guidance is clear, the evidence is overwhelming and the intent across healthcare systems is strong. And yet, compliance has remained one of the most

March 24, 2026
Healthcare Asset Management Is Growing at 25% Annually. Here’s Why Smart Hospitals Are Acting Now
Healthcare organizations are under sustained pressure to improve operational performance without compromising patient safety, cybersecurity or system reliability. That pressure is contributing to significant growth in the healthcare asset management market, which is projected to expand at approximately 25% annually

March 19, 2026
The WHO Five Moments of Hand Hygiene Explained
Hand hygiene remains one of the most important and measurable components of patient safety. The World Health Organization’s Five Moments of Hand Hygiene framework was developed to reduce the risk of healthcare-associated infections by defining when hand hygiene must occur






