SANTA CLARA, Calif.,
May 13, 2019 /PRNewswire/
-- Medical device networks are larger, more complicated and
more mission-critical today than they have ever been. Hospitals
in Canada are supporting these
networks with ongoing interdepartmental communication, clear
departmental responsibilities, and a regular preventive maintenance
schedule. In addition, more hospitals are layering digital
monitoring solutions on top of their overall network
maintenance strategy.
Frost & Sullivan's virtual think tank, Best
Practices for Managing Patient Monitoring Networks Across the IT
and Biomedical Departments, aims to understand what best
practices successful hospitals were following to keep these
critical pieces of infrastructure functional and focused on
supporting patient care.
To download the Virtual Think Tank Executive
Summary, please visit: http://frost.ly/3f7.
Key research findings include:
- Nearly 80% of panelists focused on medical device
maintenance in addition to other responsibilities.
- All respondents agreed that maintaining medical device uptime
and connectivity was important, with 80% indicating that uptime
and connectivity were extremely important.
- 60% of respondents experienced medical device network
glitches or failures on a once-a-month basis.
- Half of respondents reported the biomedical department was
responsible for maintaining medical device assets and that the
patient monitoring networks fell under a shared responsibility with
clinical IT departments.
- Panelists all agreed that network connectivity is a critical
measure of their facilities' IT infrastructure and that it was
necessary for patient care.
- Panelists cited power outages as a common reason for device
networks crashing.
- Although 60% of respondents did not currently have systems or
protocols in place to proactively monitor their medical device
networks, all respondents agreed that proactive monitoring would
help their biomed teams improve network uptime.
- Using tools like these can help pinpoint network failures,
thereby saving trouble-shooting time and delivering faster
problem resolutions.
"The growing demand for hospital-based medical device
connectivity solutions is expected to result in remarkable changes
across the continuum of care," explained
Charlie Whelan,
Transformational Health Vice President of Consulting. "Breaking
down silos between the biomedical and IT departments is a critical
step in reducing the risk of patient monitoring
network outages."
The following industry thought leaders participated as panelists
of this virtual think tank: Martin
Poulin, Director at Biomed Island Health;
Peter Lawes, Manager of
Clinical Engineering and Telecom Services at St. Boniface Hospital;
Ron Sturge, Executive
Director of Clinical Engineering Service at New Brunswick; Marianne
Beardshall, Manager of The Heart Rhythm Program at Southlake
Regional Health Center; and Lou
Kowatch, Senior Director of Healthcare Digital Service
at GE Healthcare.
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Healthcare enables precision health in diagnostics, therapeutics
and monitoring through intelligent devices, data analytics,
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in the healthcare industry and more than 50,000 employees globally,
the company helps improve outcomes more efficiently for patients,
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