Ohio-based Midmark, a real-time locating system (RTLS) technology provider, has launched a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) sensory network to help health systems rapidly achieve near-room location precision for staff, patients and equipment.

This simplified approach delivers facility-wide coverage and a future-ready foundation that can scale with operational and clinical needs.

Building on Midmark’s support for leveraging BLE-capable wireless access points, the RTLS network (www.midmark.com/medical/rtls/products/detail/ble-sensory-network) enables real-time locating services through easily-installed plug-in BLE sensors, reducing complexity and accelerating results. Designed as an enterprise-wide platform, the network lets healthcare organisations implement RTLS quickly, without costly infrastructure investments, while maintaining the flexibility to expand coverage and precision-driven location capabilities.

“Healthcare organisations are under increasing pressure to improve staff safety, optimise asset utilisation and do more with limited resources,” said HT Snowday, senior director for Midmark RTLS. “Midmark CareFlow RTLS powered by BLE removes traditional deployment barriers and gives facilities a faster, more practical path to facility-wide RTLS coverage, delivering immediate value today while laying the groundwork for precision-driven workflows tomorrow through a smarter hybrid RTLS strategy.”

Designed to support critical use cases such as asset tracking and staff duress, the BLE technology delivers a streamlined deployment model that balances precision, scalability and cost-effectiveness. By enabling near-room accuracy across clinical environments, it helps organisations gain actionable insights while supporting safer, more efficient care delivery.

The near-room location precision for staff, patients and equipment has a three to five metre accuracy.

The network is now commercially available and can be deployed as part of a broader Midmark RTLS strategy to support smarter, more connected healthcare environments.

The launch also marks a step towards hybrid locating. Midmark’s BLE and infra-red hybrid sensory network (www.midmark.com/medical/rtls/products/detail/hybrid-sensory-network) is available in limited early release, combining BLE near-room accuracy with wired or wireless infra-red technology for room-certain precision that supports advanced use cases.

By supporting scalable locating and precision automation on a single platform, this hybrid architecture is designed to replace fragmented, single-purpose RTLS deployments with one cohesive, enterprise-ready system. This approach enables facility-wide visibility while selectively adding room-level accuracy to support use cases such as nurse call automation, patient flow and delivering location intelligence to the EMR.

This approach gives health systems a flexible path forward, deploying the capabilities they need today while remaining ready to adopt higher-precision use cases over time, without switching vendors or replacing existing infrastructure.

Midmark RTLS (midmarkRTLS.com), a wholly owned subsidiary of Midmark (www.midmark.com), provides healthcare facilities with clinical workflows and data insights using RTLS technology. Since its inception in 1988, more than 1100 hospitals, clinics and oncology centres have used Midmark CareFlow RTLS to enhance the patient experience and support the delivery of high-quality care.