A business unit of Palo Alto, Calif.-based Hewlett-Packard has been awarded a contract from the Veterans Affairs Department for five years and a maximum of $543 million to procure and deploy a physical-assets management system across 152 VA medical centers nationwide.
“The quality of veteran care and improving the delivery of our healthcare services are the driving forces behind implementing the (real-time location system) solution,” Kimberly Brayley, director, RTLS Project Management Office at the Veterans Health Administration, the VA's healthcare arm, said in a news release. “Leveraging state-of-the-art technology allows VA to decrease operational costs and increase efficiencies, satisfaction and quality healthcare delivery."
