Software AG Helps Build "Hospital Of The Future" For Nemours
22.05.12
Rooms set to patients' lighting, entertainment and other preferences enhance a child's sense of control Children's safety ensured with interwoven surveillance, RFID and other systems Clinicians have centralized view of standalone patient monitoring systems Software AG, a leading provider of Business Process Excellence (BPE) solutions, recently announced it is helping build the "hospital of the future" for Nemours, an internationally-recognized children's health system. Scheduled to open in October of this year, the full-service Nemours Children's Hospital (NCH) in Orlando will feature state-of-the-art systems for its clinical, facilities, maintenance and other supporting functions, all working together and unified via Software AG technology to create a "smart building" that ensures a comforting, customized experience for young patients and their families.
Children who frequently visit NCH will be greeted by a familiar room setting each time they return to the hospital. The child's favorite video games, website bookmarks, friends' lists and other electronic entertainment will be pre-loaded and available in the room. The lighting and temperature can be set the way the patient prefers, which serves to enhance the patient's sense of control in an "out of control" setting. The blinds covering the floor-to-ceiling glass windows may be set to provide just the right amount of a view of the gardens around the hospital. Once the children are onsite, hospital surveillance, RFID, facilities, clinical scheduling and other systems work together, behind the scenes, to ensure their safety and security. Other hospital systems coordinate in-room maintenance and related activities to occur when a child is getting an X-ray or otherwise out of the room.
Source: Healthcare Technology Online (press release)