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October 2, 2024
El Dorado Hills, CA – USA
TAGCarts, Inc. and Inpro Corp. to Debut the Game-Changing TAG-X Smart Rail at Healthcare Design Expo in Indianapolis
TAGCarts, Inc. is excited to announce the debut of our innovative new product, the TAG-X Smart Rail, in collaboration with Inpro Corp. The TAG-X Smart Rail will be showcased at the Healthcare Design Expo & Conference, taking place October 5-8, 2024, in Indianapolis, IN.
This groundbreaking solution will be featured at the Inpro Booth 277, where attendees can experience firsthand how the TAG-X Smart Rail redefines efficiency and safety in healthcare environments. The TAGCarts and Inpro teams will be present to demonstrate the product’s capabilities, answer questions, and discuss how this innovative system is poised to make a lasting impact on healthcare facilities.
The TAG-X Smart Rail is a state-of-the-art solution designed to streamline patient care and optimize healthcare workflows. Engineered with precision and ease of use, the product integrates seamlessly into existing healthcare spaces, providing hospitals and clinics with improved organization, flexibility, and a new level of patient-centered care.
Event Details:
- Date: October 5-8, 2024
- Location: Indianapolis, IN
- Booth: Inpro Booth 277
We invite all conference attendees to visit us and discover how TAGCarts and Inpro are transforming the future of healthcare infrastructure with this cutting-edge technology. Attendees are invited to set a meeting with our team in advance here. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to connect with our teams and explore the latest advancements in healthcare design.
For more information, visit tagcarts.com or inprocorp.com.
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About TAGCarts, Inc.
TAGCarts, Inc. specializes in creating innovative healthcare solutions that enhance operational efficiency and improve patient care. Our latest product, the TAG-X Smart Rail, is a testament to our commitment to transforming healthcare environments with smart, user-friendly technology.
About Inpro
Inpro is a global leader in interior protection, dedicated to making a difference in the lives of the occupants in the buildings they help protect. Their mission is to drive meaningful change through innovative and sustainable solutions.
PRESS RELEASE: For Immediate Release
Monday, August 26, 2024
TAGCarts® and Inpro Unveil Revolutionary Wireless Charging TAG-X® Smart Rail for Enhanced Healthcare Efficiency
[MILWAUKEE, WI] — In a groundbreaking partnership, leading medical cart, workstation, and mobile medical equipment (MME) company, TAGCarts®, has joined forces with Inpro, a global leader in interior protection, to introduce the “TAG-X® Smart Rail.” This state-of-the-art wireless, contactless charging device is designed to seamlessly integrate with TAGCarts®’ ecosystem of carts, MME and software. The innovative TAG-X® Smart Rail promises to enhance healthcare efficiency, optimize battery health, and improve staff mobility and safety.
Revolutionizing Healthcare with Wireless Charging
The TAG-X® Smart Rail combines patented TAGCarts® technology with a durable Inpro wall guard, offering wireless charging for all medical carts and mobile medical equipment, regardless of battery size or chemistry type. This innovative product eliminates the need for hazardous cords and costly swappable battery systems currently in use. By utilizing existing infrastructure in healthcare facilities, such as bed guards, handrails, and wall protection, the TAG-X® Smart Rail ensures a seamless addition to any environment.
“I was tired of seeing nurses and healthcare professionals struggle with problems that seemed to be ignored,” said Taggart Neal, CEO and Founder of TAGCarts®. “Partnering with Inpro was a natural choice given their reputation and expertise in the healthcare industry. Our collaboration aims to tackle these challenges head-on and make a significant impact on the lives of healthcare workers and their patients.”
Key Benefits and Features
Enhanced Efficiency: Streamlines medical workflows and enhances patient care.
Optimized Battery Health: Extends the lifespan and reliability of mobile medical equipment.
Improved Mobility and Safety: Eliminates hazardous cords, reducing risks of trips and falls.
Seamless Integration: Utilizes existing healthcare facility infrastructure.
Touch-Free Charging: Effortless, contactless charging for all medical carts and equipment.
Matt Bennett, Vice President of Product Development and Technical Services at Inpro, echoed Neal’s sentiments, “TAGCarts® has identified a critical issue that has been overlooked for too long. At Inpro, our mission has always been to make a difference in the lives of the occupants in the buildings we help protect. Partnering with TAGCarts® aligns perfectly with our goal of driving meaningful change in the healthcare sector. We are proud to bring this innovative solution to the market and look forward to the positive impact it will have on healthcare professionals.”
The simplicity of the TAG-X® Smart Rail is what makes it brilliant. Healthcare professionals can effortlessly roll their carts or equipment near the rail, where the “X” marks the spot for efficient, touch-free charging.
Successful Test Pilot and Future Plans
The innovation is already gaining traction, with hospitals eager to retrofit their existing rails and incorporate this advanced technology. The first hospital test pilot was launched in New Mexico in August 2023, and the data analytics thus far highlights “Touch Points Prevented” as a key performance indicator. Infection prevention is driving the reduction of touch points, cross-contamination, and patient readmissions. TAGCarts® and Inpro are gearing up for more test pilots in 2024, in conjunction with WiBotic and Capsa Healthcare.
The TAG-X® Smart Rail will be available for sale August 26, 2024. For more information, visit inprocorp.com
Experience the TAG-X® Smart Rail at Healthcare Design 2024
Discover the future of healthcare design with TAG-X® Smart Rail at Healthcare Design Conference + Expo 2024, taking place from October 5-8 in Indianapolis. Visit Inpro’s booth to learn how this innovative technology is transforming patient care and support for nurses. Our team will be on hand to demonstrate the TAG-X® Smart Rail’s capabilities and discuss how it can enhance your healthcare environment. Do not miss this opportunity to experience this game-changing solution firsthand.
About TAGCarts®
TAGCarts® is a leading provider of medical cart, workstation, and mobile medical equipment (MME), committed to enhancing healthcare efficiency and safety. Their innovative products are designed to optimize workflow and improve the lives of healthcare professionals and patients alike.
About Inpro
Inpro is a global leader in interior protection, dedicated to making a difference in the lives of the occupants in the buildings they help protect. Their mission is to drive meaningful change through innovative and sustainable solutions.
*For More Information regarding this press release, please contact: Greg Groth – gregr@tagcarts.com
February 17, 2022 – Concord, CA – USA
The Center For Health Design; Taggart ”Tagg” Neal, EDAC, Founder and CEO TAGCarts® – Member Spotlight
The Center For Health Design’s® Lynn Kinney, EDAC, SASHE recently interviewed TAGCarts® Founder and CEO Taggart Neal, EDAC for the Affiliate Connection’s “News and Highlights” 30k+ readers.
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…This month, we had the pleasure of interviewing Taggart “Tagg” Neal, EDAC, of TAGCarts®. Tagg is literally thinking outside the box with his innovative and time-saving solutions for caregivers.
Briefly describe your current role.
As founder and CEO of TAGCarts®, I oversee strategy, operations, culture, execution, finance, investor relations, sales and business development. Everything I do falls within the discipline of building a brand of products with nurses and hospitals. Our brand reflects their values, culture, and goals for better community health.
How long have you been affiliated with The Center?
5 years.
What led you to become a member?
The Center’s member community represents other like-minded teams embracing evidence-based design (EBD) in the healthcare industry. As a startup, I wanted our membership and contributions to the greater collective to be a cornerstone of our company culture. The team at The Center supported my vision for a cart company beyond expectations and hasn’t stopped since.
How did you get started in the industry?
In 2003, I was fortunate to be offered a position with a medical cart company as a territory manager for Northern California and Nevada. I fell in love with the role of serving nurses by providing medical cart solutions to enhance their ability to work smarter, safer, and provide better care for patients.
How have you utilized EBD and your EDAC credential to build a better cart and how has that impacted outcomes?
The evidence-based design process provided the framework for designing our supply cart for nurses – known as the TAGCart®. It validates our design as going way beyond. We sought challenges and feedback from users to improve and inform design. My evidence-based design credential (EDAC) gave me the knowledge to apply the EBD process to our medical cart design. Including stakeholders requires input from more than just end-users. One outcome of that was the evidence we found where hospitals and healthcare systems are trending toward the integration of their sustainability goals into their supply chain. This validated our desire to build a sustainable cart for healthcare and was thus included. Had we only asked end user nurses about sustainability, we would not have known hospitals were looking for capital equipment to evolve beyond being competitive to becoming beacons of sustainability.
What have you liked most about being part of The Center for Health Design community?
Collaborating with other design-minded professionals. It’s comforting and validating to know others view objects, products, or environments of care beyond the “surface” of what they actually are. It’s design-mind thinking and there are no right answers, only models for processing. Eliminating binary outcomes encourages my ability to explore, suppose, imagine, and on occasion innovate.
What is your “go-to” resource from The Center?
The Knowledge Repository. It’s a dynamic treasure trove of case studies, white papers, and overall evidence-based design work for healthcare.
What is one of your greatest professional accomplishments?
(more…) Editorial by Taggart F. Neal, CEO / Founder of TAGCarts, Inc.
September 17, 2021 – Sacramento, CA USA
TAGCarts, Inc. salutes and congratulates the 1st US Carbon Neutral Health System!(1.) It is increasingly clear healthcare has embraced corporate sustainability. With goals dating back five to ten years, we now find ourselves on the eve of twenty twenty-two, and in the initial manifestation of their economical, social, and environmental goal achievements. As a whole, these healthcare system values’ are now driving corporate decision making, supply chain partners, and spend commitments.
Consumerism in Healthcare
As a share of the nation’s Gross Domestic Product, health spending accounted for 17.7 percent (2.). As the nation’s largest employer(3.), healthcare employs one in eight of us accounting for 12.5% (4.), and is expected to grow an additional 14% by 2028 due to the aging population (5.). This means healthcare isn’t an industry island of isolation, but rather consumers are healthcare and healthcare systems are consumers. This readily explains the rapid insurgence of consumerism into all facets of healthcare. Trends in consumer market = trends in healthcare. Accordingly a large percentage of those of us who work in healthcare, are the same consumers of healthcare. Today’s informed consumer is today’s informed patient as well as today’s healthcare worker. This is the driving force of compounding sustainability in healthcare and consumers will patronize healthcare systems who operate with forward thinking values that reflect their own.
Sustainability Phased Integration
With healthcare systems sustainability priority goals targeting greatest impact within their control, operational efficiencies, design, the built environment, and green energy consumption represent their first and second stage adoption of sustainable healthcare. These phases required dedicating their own resources toward new and innovative systems of operation and use; through their own capital and with applied grants and government / organizational rebates. The secondary and tertiary phases of adoption to sustainability, will actually cost healthcare far less capital and resources as they place the burden of “Shift” on their supply chain partners.
Product Differentiation
In the scope of hospital capital equipment, “Hospital Grade”, use to represent proven efficacy, durability, and ever lasting utility. Today, in light of current and past global pandemics (COVID-19, Ebola, etc.), informed patients (consumers) understand more than ever the link between their health and the health of their community and planet.
Has the casual “Consumer Grade” standard evolved beyond “Hospital Grade” for capital medical equipment? Perhaps when it comes to to the sustainability component of the products, yes…temporarily. However the evolved procurement processes and policies enable healthcare’s supply chain to slingshot past the consumer market where “Hospital Grade” represents sustainable production, manufacturing, and supply chain for approved vendors and diversified suppliers.
“TAGCarts has set the bar for sustainability in the medical cart and workstation capital equipment segment. Our products clinically solve for nurse safety, efficiency and work-flow optimization. Our company, partnerships, and brand reflects those values of forward thinking healthcare systems; constantly improving and measuring our impact. It’s not just the right thing to do, it’s smart business.”
– Taggart F. Neal, CEO / Founder TAGCarts, inc.
Vendor Differentiation
For the last few decades, being a diversified supplier to healthcare was enough to shine and win committed spend; Veteran-Owned, Woman-Owned, Minority-Owned, Small Business, and more. In the last ten years we have seen that grow into the suppliers who have policies of “Corporate Good” and policies of giving back. Examples are performing charity on weekends, highway clean-ups, adopting a less fortunate hospital across the globe, and more. The real evolution is taking place now. Environmental Preferred Purchasing and Sustainable Procurement policies are the new normal…
- What are your products made of?
- Where are they made?
- Who makes them?
- Is there a carbon footprint score or certification available?
- How is your company promoting wellness and good outside of your primary revenue core competencies?
Consumers – nurses, procurement, administration, staff, c-suite, management – are smart and informed. They peel back the layers of the marketing with a click on their phones or mouse – to fact check if the spirit of the marketing and positioning message are consistent with their products and actions.
Wherever healthcare supplier / vendor companies lie on the sustainability spectrum, being true and authentic to your commitments, goals and impact will deliver the highest rewards.
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3. https://www.exploremedicalcareers.com/1-in-8-americans-employed-by-u-s-healthcare-industry/
4. https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2020/10/health-care-still-largest-united-states-employer.html
5. https://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/home.htm
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