KLAS Ranks TeleTracking Bed Management Suite No. 1

PITTSBURGH, Jan. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- TeleTracking's BedManagement Suite(TM) was rated "Best in Category" by major healthcare providers who use automated patient flow software, according to leading healthcare market researcher KLAS.

The ranking was listed in the KLAS 2007 Top 20 Year-End Report Card, which presents evaluations by thousands of healthcare professionals of health information technology vendors in several categories.

The recognition follows a mid-year KLAS report released in August 2007, in which ninety-eight percent of current users said they would recommend TeleTracking to a friend or peer. In that report, users again ranked TeleTracking best in the bed management category, as well as best at:

    -- Meeting deadlines
    -- On-time implementation
    -- Fair and complete contracts
    -- Meeting expectations
    -- Performance satisfaction
    -- Proactive service
    -- Highest quality custom work
    -- Training
    -- Timely release of enhancements
    -- Budget adherence
    -- Staff and support

In its category report, the market research firm said the install base for bed management systems is dominated by "best of breed" bed management vendors. According to the report, TeleTracking "clearly has the most sites live," with over 700 clients and 1400 plus installations. The firm noted that competitors Premise and Hill-Rom NaviCare have far fewer installs and that vendors ACS/New Age and Awarix can point to less than six standalone live organizations, while StatCom and Radianse have less than two live organizations each.

In general, most providers are clearly pleased with bed management solutions, the KLAS report noted. In fact, comments of providers were 100 percent positive regarding "future outlook," indicating that providers are pleased with what they have and are excited about the future.

Provider organizations use this report and other KLAS ratings to help initiate and validate software, professional services, and medical equipment purchasing decisions. KLAS offers participating providers free online access to its database of ratings at www.healthcomputing.com.

About TeleTracking Technologies

TeleTracking provides software and process redesign services to create the prompts, actionable feedback and data flow, which make real-time patient flow management possible. It is the world-leading producer of automated solutions, which relieve hospital overcrowding by improving patient flow. The privately held, Pittsburgh-based company, which launched the industry over a decade ago with the first automated bed turnover solution, has introduced a number of widely accepted product firsts, including the electronic bedboard and several wireless versions of its software solutions. TeleTracking now has over 1400 installations in more than 700 hospitals and health systems in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. For information, call 800-927-0294 or visit www.teletracking.com.