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HP helps healthcare providers around world go digital
27 October 2008
HP has announced that it is working with healthcare providers across
the globe to improve their operational and business processes through
the HP Digital Hospital Solution.
The HP Digital Hospital Solution is an integrated set of technologies
and services from HP and its partners that allows healthcare providers
to deliver better service to patients by aligning technology with
business and patient priorities.
Examples of healthcare institutions around the world that are going
digital to improve patient safety and achieve their operational goals
include:
- The University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
(Leicester, United Kingdom) sought to design, implement and manage a
fast, reliable and secure communications infrastructure. Leveraging
HP’s experience in digital hospital design and implementation, the
Trust deployed a network composed of wireless network infrastructure
and voice communications. The network is helping healthcare
professionals in retrieving and sharing patient information quickly.
Further investment also is planned to enable the tracking of mobile
equipment and key assets, monitor patients remotely and collaborate
more efficiently for effective patient care. The program is designed
to support the delivery of electronic patient records, clinical,
operational and business systems.
- The Akershus University Hospital (Oslo, Norway), which
opened this month, is set to become one of Europe’s most technically
advanced hospitals. HP has outfitted the hospital with a
high-performance digital network, security infrastructure,
teleconference and video conference systems, as well as desktop and
printing facilities. By going digital, Akershus also hopes to become
one of the most patient-orientated and cost-effective hospitals in
Norway. The hospital expects to reduce operating costs by at least
20% and leverage its digital network system to enhance service and
treatment methods. Additional information on the Akershus digital
hospital implementation is available in this
video presentation, delivered at the HP Health and Life Sciences
Symposium.
- Asklepios Kliniken (Hamburg, Germany) is developing some
of the most advanced hospitals in Europe through its Asklepios
Future Hospital (AFH) program. Based on its OneIT concept, Asklepios
has partnered with HP to deploy seamless, interoperable and secure
communications across its network. This solution ensures that all
medical devices within the hospital are connected with a central,
digital clinical information system. As a result, Asklepios has
realised a decrease in doctor workload, reduction in duplicate
patient examinations and improvement of documentation quality.
The interior of Asklepios Kliniken, Hamburg
A model of the Asklepios Kliniken complex
- The University of Michigan Health System (UMHS) in Ann
Arbor, Mich., USA, is working with HP to develop the business and
technology requirements for the future CS Mott Children’s Hospital
and Women’s Hospital. In addition, UMHS is evaluating several
components of the HP Digital Hospital Solution to build on the
architecture, including increased two-way communications by key
stakeholders (patient, clinician and support staff), as well as
increased integration of its communications, information,
administrative and facilities systems. This enhanced integration is
designed to help improve patient care and organizational efficiency.
- London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC), located in Ontario,
Canada, recently deployed HP’s technology to digitally track the
location and use of infusion pumps within one of its hospitals. This
asset-tracking system allows its clinicians to spend less time
searching for equipment and more time with patients. It is expected
to increase patient safety by ensuring that the right infusion pump
is in the right treatment ward, and that the use of the pumps
already purchased by the hospital is maximized. This frees up
capital dollars for other projects. HP and LHSC also are working on
new initiatives as LHSC readies its new Women’s and Children’s
Pavilion.
- Latin American General Hospital in Lagos de Moreno
(Jalisco, Mexico) was outfitted with the latest in server, PC and
mobility solutions from HP to improve real-time delivery of critical
information, while reducing costs associated with printing and
imaging. These solutions are focused on several departments —
including records, admissions and laboratories — that have
traditionally been very dependent on paper. By employing HP digital
hospital technologies, Latin America General Hospital has realized
an 80% reduction in printing expenses and 90% reduction in x-ray
expenses, due to the digital imaging technology.
- University Health Network (UHN) in Toronto has tapped HP
to build a parallel wireless IP communications and messaging system
to make its clinical communication capabilities digital. The new
system will address the growing demand for real-time access to data,
available both wirelessly and via networks, to ensure healthcare
professionals can access their electronic patient data at all times.
“Organizations are looking to respond to a rapidly changing
healthcare market requiring them to improve the quality of their medical
care, increase overall efficiency, reduce cost and become more
accountable to the patient,” said Jeff Miller, vice president, Worldwide
Health and Life Sciences, HP. “HP’s Digital Hospital Solution delivers
these outcomes and ensures that patients around the world will benefit
from this forward-looking approach to healthcare.”
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