NEW YORK CITY — Kontakt.io, a leader in healthcare RTLS and digital transformation, has introduced two innovative mobile applications aimed at improving staff safety, streamlining asset management, and enhancing patient care efficiency in hospitals. The new tools, Kio Staff Safe App and Kio Nurse Assistant App, leverage Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) and AI-powered insights to help healthcare teams save time, reduce costs, and create safer working environments.

The Kio Staff Safe App empowers security teams to respond rapidly to staff duress alerts triggered by wearable BLE badges. Real-time data on staff location, movement, and identity enables security personnel to deploy support quickly and efficiently, de-escalating potentially dangerous situations with precision.

Complementing this, the Kio Nurse Assistant App helps clinical staff and biomedical teams locate medical equipment in real time via a live map interface. This drastically reduces the time spent searching for assets by at least 50%, enabling caregivers to dedicate more time to patient care. By improving equipment utilization rates, hospitals can also cut unnecessary spending on device rentals and additional purchases.

In addition, the Kio Nurse Assistant App promotes better hand hygiene compliance by using BLE and infrared (IR) sensors to monitor handwashing activity unobtrusively. The app “gamifies” compliance by rewarding staff for completing handwashing tasks, driving engagement and accountability without disrupting workflows.

“Time is critical in healthcare—not only in finding the right tools when they’re needed most but also in ensuring staff safety and operational efficiency,” said Rom Eizenberg, Chief Revenue Officer and Head of Product Innovation at Kontakt.io. “These mobile applications are designed to tackle persistent challenges in asset management, staff safety, and compliance, empowering caregivers and support teams to focus on delivering exceptional patient care while feeling safer and more supported.”

Both applications integrate seamlessly with Kontakt.io’s AI-driven platform, which combines real-time location monitoring with advanced reporting and AI analytics. By transforming clinical and operational data into actionable insights, the platform helps hospitals improve resource allocation, streamline patient journeys, and optimize care delivery from admission to discharge. GenAI capabilities further unlock untapped data to reduce waste, boost capacity, and enhance the patient and staff experience.

The mobile apps also come with web-based versions that provide detailed analytics, helping health systems track equipment, monitor safety, and identify opportunities for operational improvements across their facilities.

For more information about Kio Staff Safe App and Kio Nurse Assistant App, contact Kontakt.io today.