Product Tutorials

Implementing a clinical information system improves data management and workflow support in the critical care arena; the presentation offers specific examples focusing on improvements in patient safety and outcomes, examines the benefits afforded by the integrated research tools, and demonstrates the reduction in costs associated with use of the system.

Marcus Creutzenberg, MD
Anesthesiologist, Clinic for Anesthesiology
University Hospital Regensburg, Germany

Accurately matching and linking patient records in real-time across the wider healthcare ecosystem, is foundational to successful EHR implementations – local, regional or national. Canada’s operational, proven solution is a beacon of clarity. Hear how to avoid the pain and the pitfalls – both operational and strategic. UK installations will also be featured.

Lorraine Fernandes, RHIA
VP, Healthcare Industry Ambassador
Initiate Systems, Inc

Easy-to-integrate Decision-Support-Systems, Knowledge-Bases and Collaboration Portals improve the Efficiency and Quality of the Overall Medical Care Process.

Manfred Glanzer
Senior Consultant eHealth
Human Information Systems GmbH

Evidence-based medicine requires that we generate clinically actionable data and make it available in the EHR; By converting speech recognized text into structured data, a wealth of decision support information is made available to the clinician. Standard terminology serves as the foundation for the conversion of text into computerized information.

Klaus Stanglmayr
Strategic Product Marketing Manager
PHILIPS Speech Recognition Systems

When people need medical emergency assistance while travelling abroad, they face problems like how to find and contact a hospital, and how to share their case history with physicians. CASCOM aims to overcome these problems by equipping patients and physicians with software for mobile devices, based upon the innovative combination of agent technology, semantic Web services, P2P, and mobile computing.

Thorsten Möller
Dipl. Inf.
University of Basel

The easy to clean, drop-proof and ultra-portable Philips Mobile Clinical Assistant brings a number of technology features together into a single Intel powered platform, including a 10.4” XGA touch-screen, RFID and barcode scanning and a digital camera. It’s the missing link that allows nurses and doctors to document a patient's condition instantly, while reducing workload and increasing the quality of bedside care.

Ir. E.L. VAN 'T HOFF
Sr. Business Development Manager
PHILIPS FIMI

Delivering unrestricted access to healthcare with reduced resources is a challenge faced by every healthcare provider. This case study will explain how one organization has been able to use modern leading technology to enable this and position themselves as a gateway to other primary care providers.

Dr. Chris Stewart
NHS 24 - Scotland

We survey the key components of a shared care system and the way in which implementation using open standards, web technology provides benefit to end users. Case studies show how CSW’s Case Notes product for Electronic Health Records is delivering integrated shared care in England as part of the National Programme for IT (NPfIT), and in the USA as barriers to information sharing across integrated delivery systems start to be removed.

John Chelsom
Managing Director
CSW Group Ltd

Odense University Hospital’s paper-based Medical Record Archive had grown so much that the hospital was experiencing a lack of storage space, longer retrieval times, higher costs and slower clinician response time. Learn how Odense implemented an enterprise electronic document management solution to provide clinicians 24/7, simultaneous, secure online access to medical records across multiple locations and expanded the solution to improve the management of key human resources processes.

Jette Kotsis
Section Manager
Odense University Hospital

The implementation of Electronic Patient Records faces many requirements: Record speed, flexibility, tailored workflows without replacing existing applications and systems and still short payback periods. To meet requirements InterSystems focuses on Web-based ePR, relying on innovative, scalable technology to provide the rapid implementation of ePRs on a cross functional basis.

Peter W. Mengel
Marketing Director CEE
InterSystems GmbH

Mobility has always been present in hospitals, with healthcare professionals scouting hospital corridors in search of information to deliver better care. In Arras brand new hospital, mobility has been redefined to provide better human care, through innovative vision on quality of care and integration of mobile technologies. Pierre Thepot will share his experience (challenges, BKMs) in driving the paradigm change.

Pierre Thepot
CEO of Arras Hospital
Arras Hospital

Certification of EHR systems across Europe is essential to improve quality and interoperability. EuroRec has now a repository of over 1.400 descriptive statements addressing all aspects of various EHR systems. EuroRec developed also tools for certification, product documentation and procurement, using those statements. Tools and content will be demonstrated.

Devlies Jos, M.D.
Medical Director
EuroRec