Commercial Comparison
Choose based on building conditions, disruption, care model, battery operations, and lifecycle priorities.
Plan your projectFor an RCare wireless proposal and a wired alternative, document the same room coverage and care workflows. Assess cable pathways, occupied-room access, and proposed construction alongside a site-specific RF survey and equipment placement plan. Where cable access is difficult, evaluate the wireless design against the actual building; where usable pathways exist, include their condition and reuse verification in the wired bid.
List every power dependency and any battery-powered devices in each proposed configuration. Ask who monitors faults, replaces batteries, maintains backup power, and records the work. Confirm the expected maintenance process from the selected products and service agreement rather than assuming wireless means maintenance-free or wired means outage-proof. Include these responsibilities in the facility staffing and lifecycle plan.
Require demonstrations of the specified call, staff-notification, escalation, and fault workflows in representative locations. Agree on coverage acceptance, training, and cutover procedures with clinical leadership before retiring an existing system. The decision should balance verified workflow performance, building access, and ongoing maintenance capacity; installation convenience alone is not a sufficient acceptance criterion for either design.
