IoTcare and Interoperability: Connecting Real-Time Location to the Hospital Systems of Tomorrow

Next-generation hospitals are no longer built the way they used to be. Designed from the ground up around operational intelligence, they integrate dozens of technology systems that must work in a coordinated way: building management, access control, nurse call systems, clinical alerting platforms, digital health records. In this environment, a location tracking system that operates in isolation is no longer an acceptable option.

At RIOH, we have built this reality into the core of our development roadmap. IoTcare is designed to interconnect with the major systems that structure modern healthcare facilities, and we are actively advancing these integrations.

A Healthcare Environment That Demands Convergence

A connected healthcare facility is an ecosystem where every system talks to the others. Among the platforms for which interoperability is increasingly a requirement in large-scale hospital projects, the most common include:

•  Building Management Systems (BMS) such as Honeywell, which oversee mechanical equipment, access control, and technical alarms across entire facilities.
• Nurse call and clinical alerting systems that coordinate real-time responses to patient needs and benefit directly from a geolocation layer.
• Alarm management platforms that centralize critical events from multiple sources and gain precision when enriched with location data.
• Access control and security systems that define authorized zones and generate events that can have a direct impact on the tracking of equipment and people.
• Electronic Health Records such as EPIC, increasingly deployed across Quebec’s healthcare network, represent another integration avenue we are actively exploring. The CIUSSS du Nord-de-l’Île-de-Montréal, a showcase site for the Digital Health Record (Dossier Santé Numérique / DSN), is our development partner in this area: we are working with their teams to strengthen the integrations between IoTcare and their EPIC environment, drawing on concrete, real-world operational realities.

Each of these systems generates data. Real value emerges when that data intersects. 

Honeywell: An Integration That Makes Complete Sense

Among the vendors present in major Quebec hospital projects, Honeywell holds a prominent position. That is why we are developing a formal integration partnership with them.

IoTcare already includes a built-in notification system that delivers real-time alerts by SMS and email: unauthorized zone exits, maintenance alerts, unusual asset events. This existing notification infrastructure provides a solid foundation for seamless integration with Honeywell systems, allowing these events to also flow into their facility management dashboards.

The goal is to enable bidirectional data exchanges between IoTcare and compatible Honeywell systems. In practice, this means two things.

Pushing data to Honeywell. IoTcare will transmit real-time location and equipment status information to the Honeywell platform. An asset detected in an unauthorized zone, a maintenance alert, a piece of equipment moving in an unusual pattern: these events generated by IoTcare enrich the building management dashboards.

Receiving data from Honeywell. Events originating from Honeywell systems, such as an alarm activation or a zone status change, will enrich the context displayed within IoTcare. The result is a unified operational view that goes well beyond simple location tracking. 

A Platform Built to Integrate, Not to Operate in Isolation

For facilities in the planning or construction phase, whether they have selected Honeywell or other platforms for their building systems, and for those anticipating the need for technological convergence: IoTcare is a solution that evolves with the demands of the field.

The Honeywell integration is not an exception to our approach, it is the beginning of a clear direction. We are working to connect IoTcare to multiple categories of systems found in the hospitals of the future, prioritizing the platforms most widely used in Quebec’s healthcare market.

RIOH’s Expertise: Knowing How to Connect, Not Just Locate

What sets RIOH apart in this interoperability work is not the technology alone. It is a deep understanding of the environments in which these systems must coexist. Our team knows hospital network architectures, the cybersecurity constraints specific to the healthcare sector, the complex deployment cycles of large facilities, and the integration standards that allow heterogeneous systems to communicate reliably.

This expertise allows us to advance on multiple fronts simultaneously, prioritize the integrations with the greatest operational impact, and build a platform where location data always delivers real added value. Our goal is seamless, integrated geolocation, where every communicated position triggers a useful action or informs a concrete decision.

We do not locate for the sake of locating. We connect to transform.

Does your hospital project require a geolocation solution compatible with your existing or planned systems?

Our team is available to walk you through our integration roadmap and answer your technical questions.