Manuel Lowenhaupt, M.D., Joins Radianse as CEO.

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Radianse, a healthcare provider of location-driven productivity solutions that optimize patient flow and resource management, has appointed Manuel T. Lowenhaupt, M.D., to the position of president, chief executive officer and chairman of the board of directors.

Dr. Lowenhaupt has over 20 years of diverse healthcare IT leadership and consulting experience, and he is an internationally recognized expert in leveraging technology to create measurable value. As Radianse chief executive officer, he will oversee the company's rapid growth and spearhead development of future solutions that use real-time location technology to improve hospitals' ability to serve their patients.

"For many years, I have had the privilege to work with major health systems across the country, and I believe I understand the difficult challenges confronting them: to ensure their limited resources are used most efficiently, to deliver information where it is needed for better decision-making and to provide their patients with the safest and most effective healthcare experience possible," said Dr. Lowenhaupt. "There is tremendous industry excitement about real-time location systems and their ability to help hospitals succeed in this complex environment. Radianse is a recognized pioneer in the industry, and I am thrilled to join the smart, talented individuals who care deeply about getting this technology right. They have succeeded in developing what is simply the most technologically robust, precise platform for real-time location in the healthcare environment."

Radianse was founded in 2000 with a goal of applying active RFID-based location technology to address common hospital problems such as patient-flow bottlenecks, missing and underutilized equipment, and frustrated staff and patients. Clients include Brigham and Women's Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, PinnacleHealth (Penn.), Providence Health Center (Texas), Yale-New Haven Hospital and Helsinki University Central Hospital (Finland).

The company is unique in its ability to supply both the RFID infrastructure required for identification and tracking as well as the software applications that provide real-time visibility of patient status, clinical workflow and resource availability. Radianse integrates ...