Kontakt.io Launches Supply Chain Agent to Automate Hospital Equipment Orchestration
Kontakt.io introduced Supply Chain Agent, an agentic AI that predicts demand and coordinates medical equipment across inpatient care settings. It integrates EHR and RTLS signals to move from "find and track" to "decide and act," so gear gets where it's needed without staff chasing it.
The gap it closes for operations
Asset management is often visible to supply chain teams but invisible to clinicians at the bedside. Studies show nurses spend 21-60 minutes per shift searching for equipment-time that could translate into up to $14 billion per year in recaptured productivity (source: HIMSS). Even with tags, equipment is siloed by unit or facility, driving unnecessary rentals and purchases.
How Supply Chain Agent works
Kontakt.io's Intelligent Orchestration Platform analyzes live hospital data-patient, department, census, and acuity-to predict real-time care needs. Supply Chain Agent turns those predictions into execution by assigning and sequencing the work to reposition equipment before demand hits.
- Fuses EHR and location signals to forecast demand by bed, unit, and time window.
- Determines optimal placement, balances inventory across units, and prevents stockpiles.
- Auto-creates, schedules, and prioritizes tasks for techs, porters, and biomed teams.
- Updates status in real time as tasks complete and re-optimizes as conditions change.
"Matching hospital demand and supply shouldn't be guesswork; it's reactive, expensive and inefficient," said Rom Eizenberg, Chief Revenue Officer at Kontakt.io. "Supply Chain Agent fuses EHR and location signals to predict demand, orchestrate the next best action, and ensure the right equipment reaches the bedside before anyone has to search for it."
What operations leaders can expect
- Less clinician time lost to equipment searches and interruptions.
- Higher asset utilization and fewer unplanned rentals and purchases.
- Faster room turns and smoother throughput, supporting shorter length of stay.
- System-level visibility across units, wings, and facilities with fewer silos.
Supply Chain Agent is currently piloted at leading U.S. hospitals. To see it in action, schedule a demo and visit Kontakt.io at HIMSS booth #1961. Learn more about the conference at HIMSS.
Why it matters now
Persistent supply constraints and staffing pressure make reactive equipment workflows costly. The shift from "where is it?" dashboards to autonomous tasking removes friction across care operations and helps teams allocate resources based on live demand, not hunches.
About Kontakt.io
Kontakt.io provides a platform to automate and orchestrate care operations by combining AI-powered RTLS with fully managed IoT infrastructure. Health systems use it to optimize asset utilization and inventory, improve staff safety and productivity, and reduce length of stay across the patient pathway. Founded in 2013, Kontakt.io supports more than 32,000 end users through 1,200+ partners and has deployed over 4 million IoT devices worldwide.
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