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Philips launches ME's first TeleICU program

DUBAI, February 20, 2016

Royal Philips has signed a memorandum of understanding with the UAE’s Ministry of Health (MoH) to develop the region’s first TeleICU program across hospitals and different medical facilities.

The TeleICU Command Center is the most visible component of the ministry’s program. Critical care sites throughout the system are networked into the centralised facility, where a team of local intensivists and critical care nurses ensures that ICU patients receive expert oversight, up to 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.  

The agreement, which was signed on the sidelines of the recently held Arab Health Exhibition and Conference, leverages advanced technology innovations in the UAE and the healthcare infrastructure to improve the overall efficiency of medical services as well as clinical communications and workflow.

The TeleICU Program allows the MoH hospitals to leverage their limited number of intensivists, extend specialized care to more patients, and ensure a consistent level of coverage when attending physicians cannot be physically present in the ICU, said a statement from Royal Philips.

This translates into improved quality of care that delivers financial savings, it stated.

On the new program, Arjen Radder, Philips CEO Middle East and Turkey, said: "The UAE healthcare sector is witnessing astonishing growth levels. At the same time, strong demands for quality healthcare services have given a push to this healthcare sector."

"The UAE is actively expanding its national healthcare system to meet the medical needs of its citizen, and as a result, we are pleased to partner with the Ministry of Health to help transform critical patient care by providing integrated smart technologies that span the health continuum from healthy living to hospital to home care," he added.

Through an ideal blend of medicine with technology, this care model leverages clinical expertise, patented processes, and cutting-edge technologies to improve critical care delivery 24/7, noted Radder.

According to him, the program reduces time from ward to home, improve financial outcomes and saves lives.

"Globally, Philips studied 120,000 critical care patients across 56 intensive care units (ICUs), 32 hospitals and 19 health systems over a five-year period, and saw that 26 per cent of the patients receiving care in a TeleICU are more likely to survive and get discharged 20 per cent faster,” he observed.

Today, over 275 million hospital patients are monitored by Philips equipment on an annual basis, said the statement.

The company manages over 1 billion medical studies, 24 petabytes of data and leverages its deep legacy of being in consumer’s homes for about 125 years, it added.-TradeArabia News Service




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