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Safer, smarter and more efficient patient care Get the most out of your data with Ascom’s Medical Device Integration, Clinical Alarm and Alert Management, and Clinical Surveillance solutionsContents Introduction 3 4 Medical Device Integration 6 Clinical Alarm and Alert Management 8Clinical Surveillance 10 Myco 4 smartphone for the complete solution 12 Ascom solutions for hospitals and acute care 13 Security and compliance standards3 Hospitals face the challenge of integrating the growing number of medical devices and making use of the data to improve care efficiency and clinical decision-making. Ascom’s vendor-independent medical device integration helps you collect, harmonize and distribute this data in near real time – as well as providing the foundation for our Clinical Alarm and Alert Management, and Clinical Surveillance solutions. What’s more, integration with Ascom Myco 4 professional smartphones consolidates these solutions into a single device, on a single screen, enhancing efficiency and usability. In this interactive solution sheet, you will see how our solutions can help you deliver safer, smarter and more efficient patient care: Talk to us Contact your local Ascom representative to discuss your medical device integration, clinical alarm and alert management, and clinical surveillance challenges. And take the next step in your digitalization journey! ascom.com Digitalization is a challenge – and a big opportunity Improve patient safety and detect patient deterioration earlier Ease the workload on staff and reduce alarm fatigue Enhance clinical decision- making and unlock new care insights Get scalable, future-proof solutions that seamlessly integrate with existing infrastructure4 Medical Device Integration Rising to the challenge Medical Device Integration Leverage the full power of your data Benefit from a truly vendor-independent MDI platform that allows you to seamlessly connect nurse call systems, wearable devices, physiological monitors and other medical equipment. Ascom’s Medical Device Integration solution provides a platform that collects information from various medical devices that communicate via proprietary interfaces. The information is then forwarded to downstream systems through industry-standard communication protocols. This reduces the interoperability and integration challenges posed by proprietary interfaces, ensuring near-real-time, low-latency alert transmission. Additionally, it automates and interconnects medical equipment with patient records to improve the reliability, speed, and security of medical data. Hospital patients are increasingly surrounded by medical devices – from nurse call systems and infusion pumps to wearable devices and physiological monitors. As the number of medical devices grows, so too does the complexity of capturing and integrating real-time data from these sources. Without seamless and automatic integration of these devices and their data, hospitals cannot fully leverage digitalization in both critical and general care environments: –Data must be manually entered by staff, leading to human error, delays in updates and missing data, as well as adding to the workload while diverting them from patient care –Some solutions can collect data but do not support near-real-time alarm transmission –Some solutions cannot directly interface with nurse call systems, creating disconnected layers of communication –Resulting inefficiencies lead to system instabilities, increased latency and complex troubleshooting that ultimately affects patient care “Nurses receive real-time information about, for example, a patient’s arrhythmia, and know instantly when their help is needed.” Anna Cederholm Head nurse, ICU and Cardiac Care Unit at Vaasa Central Hospital Ascom’s MDI solution supports drivers for over 80% of medical devices on the market with a guarantee to develop additional drivers on demand. Integrate, adapt and scale up Click below to watch the video 5 Use your smartphone to simplify patient/device pairing simply by scanning your patient's QR Code Association of caregiver, patient and device(s) at the patient's bedside Get seamless connectivity across more than 80% of medical devices worldwide Reduce data collection time for caregivers as well as the risk of data entry errors Avoid missing important data with the ability to view data from different interfaces and the possibility to add a Distributed Alarming System (DAS) to reduce patient risk further Cover all patient-side devices such as wearable devices, physiological monitors and nurse call systems, as well as communication pathways such as Serial, LAN, WLAN, Bluetooth, and 5G Get near-real-time, structured patient data access on your EMR/EHR through Ascom integration engine to ADT, Lab and Radiology Information Systems Scalable and modular platform that allows hospitals to deploy and grow Medical Device Certified under MDR and Cleared under FDA. Full compliance with IEC/ISO 60601-1-8:2020 and 80001-2-5:2014 Key features Learn more here Required components –Configurator Web –Data Acquisition System (DAS) Technical specifications Optional components –Supervisor6 Clinical Alarm and Alert Management Alarm fatigue puts patients and staff at risk Clinical Alarm and Alert Management Transform alarms into actionable insights Our Clinical Alarm and Alert Management solution addresses the issue of alarm fatigue and helps caregivers be more responsive to clinically relevant alarms – improving workflows, care efficiency and patient safety. Reduce cognitive burden and alarm fatigue by filtering out non-actionable alarms and escalating actionable ones Send clear, easy-to-prioritize alarm notifications to clinicians’ smartphones, PCs, tablets or pagers Be confident that alarms will be attended to – in the case of unavailability, the alarm is automatically redirected to a backup team member Leverage smart workflows, predefined response protocols and contextual data to help caregivers react appropriately Set parameters by patient, unit, floor, etc. for high configurability The majority of alarms in hospitals are false, clinically insignificant or otherwise non-actionable, which leads to alarm fatigue and inefficient responses. Not to mention an increased risk that critical alarms are missed. –Alarm fatigue – excessive false alarms reduce staff focus, causing distractions and burnout –Patient safety risks – ignoring or missing critical alarms due to desensitization increases the risk of delayed interventions –Lack of contextual information – caregivers receive raw alarms without proper patient context, leading to slower decision-making However, even when the need for better alarm management is identified, many alarm management systems are not scalable or compliant with medical regulations, limiting hospital expansion. of alarms in hospitals are false or clinically insignificant.1 2 80-99%7 How smarter Clinical Alarm and Alert Management helps Driving ROI: The Business Case for an Alarm Management/Patient Safety Solution, Hobson & Company, 2021 In an ROI study of Ascom customers, interviewees reported the potential for: fewer alarms that require a response less time spent on alarm data collection and analysis reduction in preventable codes / patient deteriorations fewer patients falls 20% 40% 10% 10% MDI - Clinical Alarm and Alert Management Required components –Ascom Unite Software Unite Assign Unite Axess –Ascom Digistat Software Digistat Connect Digistat Smart Central Optional components –Digistat Mobile –Ascom Port Server Technical specifications Learn more here reduction in non- actionable alarms reaching care teams 76% From Ascom Evidence study – Sant Joan de Deu Barcelona Teaching Hospital Click below to watch the video8 Clinical Surveillance Detecting patient deterioration – the earlier, the better Clinical Surveillance Reduce adverse events and optimize workloads Patient deterioration in general care wards threatens lives and outcomes while adding to the cost burden. Nearly half of all adverse events in hospitalized patients occur on the general ward3. However, in contrast to the continuous patient monitoring in ICUs, current ward monitoring protocols typically consist of intermittent spot checks by a nurse every 4-8 hours4. Infrequent measurement of vital signs, combined with heavy nursing workloads in general wards, may lead to signs of deterioration not being detected early enough to prevent an adverse outcome. Cost of care can also be impacted with the resulting severe adverse patient safety events, ICU bounce- backs and increased length of stay. The earlier patient deterioration is detected the better for all. However, the signs are hard for clinicians to detect when they are managing multiple patients and lack the clinical context of the patient deterioration. patients develop a complication during their stay 1 in 6 “Our priority is to ensure the safety of our patients.” Dr. Antoine Sannini Head of the Intensive Care/Continuous Care Unit, Paoli-Calmette Institute, France of unanticipated hospital deaths occur in general wards Up to 40% 9 MDI - Clinical Surveillance Near-real-time data collection from wearables and spot-check devices, providing continuous clinical surveillance scores and immediate alerts Improved access, visibility and completeness of patient data through a single interface Automated calculation of the hospital's choice of Early Warning Scores (EWS), and automated notifications to nurses when deterioration is detected Color-coded trend analysis for clear prioritization of patient conditions Integration with spot-check monitors and/or wearables of the hospital's choice, regardless of vendor Seamless integration with existing infrastructure and a scalable solution for the future Ascom’s Clinical Surveillance solution can help hospitals to detect patient deterioration earlier, reduce preventable adverse events and improve patient outcomes – while optimizing workloads and safeguarding budgets. Required components –Smart Monitor Web –Vitals Web –Online Web –CDSS –Connectivity Optional components –Wearables patient gateway app (only if customer wants to connect to wearables) –Connect Patient Device Identification (only if it’s necessary to assign a device to the patient via Mobile app) Technical specifications The nurse checks the patient’s blood pressure during a routine spot-check Vitals are sent to the patient’s file and analyzed for the NEWS score If a care assistant records vitals, the alarm goes directly to the nurse The caregiver checks the dashboard for key information to assess the situation If the patient deteriorates, the caregiver alerts the doctor and adjusts care NEWS deterioration triggers a color-coded alert on the caregiver’s dashboard and an alarm to the responsible nurse Learn more here Key featuresNext >