Surgical departments differ from clinic to clinic. The OR Companion dashboard can be customized to display all operating rooms and induction rooms with their individual names and all assigned anesthesia machines – with their names or serial numbers.

The Dräger Connect cloud solution focuses on security and data protection. Device data is transmitted, collected and evaluated. The data is transferred securely from the ServiceConnect^® Gateway installed in the hospital network via a secure VPN tunnel to the Microsoft Azure^® Cloud storage. Authorized users can access Dräger Connect applications from desktop PCs or mobile devices via a secure connection to the cloud server.

Anesthesia gases are essential for optimal results in the operating room. However, the amount of gases used should be kept at a low level. Low- and minimal-flow techniques provide an effective yet simple way to humidify breathing gas and reduce the amount of anesthetic gases used.3,4,5,6 Due to the limited inflow of cold and dry gas, low-flow applications are suitable for maintaining the optimal breathing gas temperature.3 Protective ventilation strategies such as low- and minimal-flow techniques make it possible to reduce the occurrence of postoperative pulmonary complications (PPC).7,8 In addition, anesthetic gases have a significant impact on the cost of a procedure. At the same time, a negative impact on the environment can be observed. Halogenated chlorofluorocarbons and fluorocarbons damage the Earth's ozone layer and may contribute to global warming.9

The Gas Consumption Analysis dashboard makes it possible to gain clinical and economic insights based on the drug consumption of the supported Dräger anesthesia devices. Create transparency regarding consumption consumption, efficiency, costs and applied fresh gas flows. This gives you a reliable basis for improving therapy outcomes while reducing costs by implementing patient-friendly low- and minimal-flow practices.

Use analytics to reduce the number of stress-causing alarms at the point of care

"Alarm fatigue", the decreasing perception of alarms due to their enormous number, is one of the biggest threats to patient safety in hospitals. Research has shown that an average of up to 350 alarms per day occur in an intensive care bed. Of these alarms, up to 95% are clinically irrelevant, and only 50% of the remaining clinical alarms are perceived correctly.1

Overlooked alarms from medical devices are listed among the Top 10 Health Technology Hazards of for 2019.2 Stress for patients and caregivers can negatively impact outcomes and critical clinical workflows can be disrupted unnecessarily. In addition, desensitization of nursing staff to alarms can be observed.

A data analysis of all alarms that have occurred in a hospital creates transparency. It provides the basis for optimizing systematic processes, alarm settings and personnel planning. In this way, the efficiency of alarm management can be increased and ultimately the stress to which clinical staff and patients are exposed can be reduced.

Get near real-time visibility into your devices' usage rates and standby times to check your devices' performance. You can improve clinic-wide visibility into software status and updates to avoid security vulnerabilities. In addition, Device Utilization Analytics provides information about your connected device fleet – for high performance and to avoid operational malfunctions. This is how you keep your investment data up to date.

Save costs through usage analyses and the optimization of the equipment fleet based on basic data. You can easily see how many hours a particular device has been in use, and Device Utilization Analytics shows at a glance which devices are used the most and least often. This allows you to use your devices more evenly and avoid irregularities in use.