Driving Medical Device Interoperability in Acute Care
—Did you know that up to 75% of medical devices around an ICU bed that could be integrated into hospital information systems are not integrated leading to incomplete records?[1] Also, a majority of 87% of physicians perceive administrative tasks as the main source for the increasing burden of job-related stress.[2] Financially, 35 billion US dollars of economic waste could be saved annually in the US health care system alone by a reduction of adverse events, avoidance of redundant testing, decreased manual documentation and shortening length of stay.[1]
Connected medical devices can process the data to actively impact the delivery of care and are designed to enhance human capabilities in patient care, not to replace them.
Discover how we can support you to improve patient care by enhancing human capabilities with connected medical devices and system solutions.
Learn more about how the internet of medical things enables to avoid preventable medical errors and inefficiencies in acute care.
Our Vision of a connected future in Acute Care
Our Mission: Improving Acute Care. As Your Specialist in Acute Care we know that connected solutions play a vital role in driving outcomes and increasing the efficiency of patient care. We are envisioning a future of Acute Care where medical devices are connected as systems, interacting with one another enabling new clinical applications in a safe and secure environment.
Watch the video to learn more about our vision of connecting medical devices.
Making the vision tangible: Our Interoperability Showcase at HIMSS 2022
Taking care of isolated patients poses a major challenge in intensive care units. The direct patient care processes are inefficient and healthcare workers are exposed to the risk of infection. Together with Ascom, OR.NET and Epic, we designed a concept of a real-time medical system and demonstrated how interoperability based on ISO/IEEE 11073 SDC could improve care delivery to infectious patients in the future. Find more information below how the future of ICU patient care in an isolation room could look like.
‘ICU Patient Care in an Isolation Room’
Read the whitepaper for insights into the potential of medical device interoperability demonstrated in the HIMSS 2022 Interoperability Showcase from Dräger, Ascom, OR.NET and Epic.
Lab demo of the multi-modality system concept
Watch the video to learn more about how interoperability concepts based on SDC could help to improve ICU patient care in an isolation room.
Disclaimer
Disclaimer: The displayed solutions are for demonstration purposes only, are not for clinical use. They are not commercially available and their future availability can't be guaranteed.
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Our Areas of Expertise
Driving Medical Device Interoperability in Intensive Care
—The interoperability between connected medical devices can assist healthcare workers around the world in avoiding preventable medical errors and potentially serious inefficiencies.[6] As Your Specialist in Acute Care we combine solutions, services and expertise to provide integrated systems solutions for the intensive care environment in hospitals.
Learn more about our approach for Improving Acute Care with our connected solutions:
Are you prepared for upcoming challenges in intensive care medicine?
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Can you only access data at the bedside?
Stay up to date on the patient status while protecting staff with Remote Care
Is patient safety threatened due to the increasing burden of administrative tasks?
Create more time for care thanks to electronic documentation with Data Integration
Are you managing your alarms correctly?
Reduce stress levels and keep patients safe with Alarm Management strategies
Are you able to individualize your treatment strategies?
Increase patient safety while streamlining workflows with Assisted Therapies
Do you know what your therapy devices and patient monitors know?
Leverage the power of data and utilize Hospital Data Analytics for better decision-making
Are you concerned about unauthorized access to your patient data?
Your Cybersecurity is our priority to keep sensitive data protected
Do you have transparency on your medical device fleet?
Keep system performance at high levels with Digital Services
Learn more about connected medical solutions from Dräger:
Watch the video and discover how medical systems and IT solutions from Dräger enable you to drive medical device interoperability in your intensive care units.
Discover how medical systems and IT solutions from Dräger enable you to drive medical device interoperability in your intensive care units.
Driving Medical Device Interoperability in Perioperative Care
—We foresee that medical device interoperability will actively enhance human capabilities in the delivery of care. As Your Specialist in Acute Care we combine solutions, services and expertise to provide integrated systems solutions in and around operating rooms.
Learn more about our approach for Improving Acute Care with our connected solutions:
Are you prepared for upcoming challenges in perioperative care medicine?
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Are you making the most out of clinical data in and around the OR?
Make the most out of near real-time data with Assisted Therapies
Do you want to have more time for your patients instead of administrative tasks?
Electronically export data in an HL7 format to hospital information systems
Do you want to reduce environmental pollution while saving money at the same time?
Utilize Hospital Data Analytics to reduce your anesthetic gas consumption
Are you concerned about unauthorized access to your patient data?
Your Cybersecurity is our priority to keep sensitive data protected
Are you interested in maximizing the uptime of your operating rooms?
Maintain devices and check device status remotely with Connected Maintenance
Learn more about connected medical solutions from Dräger:
Watch the video and discover how medical and IT solutions from Dräger enable you to drive medical device interoperability in your operating rooms.
Discover how medical systems and IT solutions from Dräger enable you to drive medical device interoperability in your perioperative care units.
Learn more about our integrated System Offerings
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Mobile Patient Watch:
Access a patient’s monitoring and therapy device data on the Infinity® Network using standard web browsers. View near real-time monitoring waveforms and respiratory data on a mobile phone or desktop computer.
Alarm History Analytics:
The Alarm History Analytics application provides insights on alarms from connected Infinity® patient monitors in an acute care environment and enables to optimize alarm management efficiency.
Gas Consumption Analytics:
Reduce the consumption of volatile anaesthetics with Gas Consumption Analytics. The application helps you to derive clinical and economical insights from the agent consumption of your anaesthesia machines.
SmartPilot® View:
SmartPilot® View provides innovative state-of-the-art modelling technology and a comprehensive visualisation concept of complex drug effects to display current and predicted anaesthesia levels.
Get in touch with Dräger
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Digital Address: GL-045-5249
References
—- West Health institute (2013). The value of medical device interoperability: Improving patient care with more than $30 billion in annual health care savings.
- Bodenheimer, T. & Sinsky, C. (2014). From Triple to Quadruple Aim: Care of the Patient Requires Care of the Provider. Annals of Family Medicine, 12(6). S.573-576.
- Pronovost P.; Johns M. M. E.; Palmer S.; Bono R. C.; Fridsma D. B.; Gettinger A.; Goldman J.; Johnson W.; Karney M.; Samitt C.; Sriram R. D.; Zenooz A. & Wang Y. C. (2018). Procuring Interoperability: Achieving High-Quality, Connected, and Person-Centered Care. Washington, DC: National Academy of Medicine.
- Taylor, K.; Steedman, M.; Sanghera, A. & Thaxter, M. (2018). Medtech and the Internet of Medical Things. How connected medical devices are transforming healthcare. Deloitte Centre for Health Solutions.
- Beyerer, J. (2013). visIT Interoperabilität. Karlsruhe: Fraunhofer IOSB.
- Sayrafian, K.; Stanford, V. & Garguilo, J. (2011). Medical Device Interoperability.