AT
GEETHANJALI MEDICAL CENTER
In an initiative to spread awareness on critical
care as the need of the hour, a detailed demonstration of the IntelliSpace Consultative
Critical Care (ICCC) was
organized today at Geetanjali Medical Center by Philips Healthcare.
It is a well-known fact that intensive
care units are the places where critical patients are housed in a hospital,
requiring high quality clinical care on a 24/7 basis. But more than 50% of all
hospital deaths occur in an ICU. With only 800
intensivists in India, this is a challenge. Philips Innovation Campus,
Bangalore developed the ICCC solution to address this and provide 24x7 critical
care services by intensivists to medical centers across the country.
“Philips IntelliSpace Consultative Critical
Care (ICCC) is a cutting edge tele solution that enables transformation of
clinical care in an intensive care setting. Using the ICCC solution, one can
now monitor multiple intensive care units from a central command center that
may be located in a geographically separated area. Tiruchirappalli has been a
major market for Philips Healthcare. We are proud to be the technology partner
for InteleICU™ who is providing the ICCC solution to Geetanjali Medical Center,
Tiruchirappalli,” says Srikanth Muthya, Director Philips Healthcare.
“The InteleICU™ program has been running
successfully and has completed 7,200 TeleICU hours in strategic collaboration
with Philips Healthcare. Through ICCC, patients are
remotely monitored 24X7 extending specialist care to areas where such
specialization is not readily available. With high quality specialized care and
medical advice and guidance, this solution has helped in reducing number of
deaths in the critical stage”, says Dr. N Ramakrishnan, Critical Care Specialist,
InteleICU™.
According to Dr. Anand
Rengaswamy, Geetanjali Medical Center, “A large percentage of the
population (>75%) seeks healthcare in the Tier II and Tier III cities and
towns where healthcare facilities aren’t as developed. The technology
advancement through the ICCC solution is a big benchmark for the development of
healthcare facilities in these cities. Geetanjali Medical Center has been an
early adopter of this technology and aims to provide world class healthcare
facility for its patients.”
Philips Healthcare aims to
bring more than 1500 beds under ICCC solution.
About
Philips Innovation Campus
Philips
Innovation Campus is a tech hub for Philips that focuses on building complete
products for India and emerging markets, in addition to developing solutions
and products for global markets, across the three sectors Philips operates in,
Healthcare, Lighting and Lifestyle. Using the expertise of its nearly 2000
engineers in Bangalore and aligning the marketing and sales teams the campus is
responsible for creating and rolling out a complete set of products, that
include, Ultrasound devices, Mother and Child Care products like Warmers and
Incubators, the Intellispace Consultative Critical Care Solution and a whole
host of solutions for India. It also contributes to Global solutions in MR, CT
and Component development for connected consumer devices, connected Lighting
solutions and renewable energy.
About Royal
Philips:
Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) is a diversified health and
well-being company, focused on improving people’s lives through meaningful
innovation in the areas of Healthcare, Consumer Lifestyle and Lighting.
Headquartered in the Netherlands, Philips posted 2013 sales of EUR 23.3 billion
and employs approximately 112,000 employees with sales and services in more
than 100 countries. The company is a leader in cardiac care, acute care and
home healthcare, energy efficient lighting solutions and new lighting
applications, as well as male shaving and grooming and oral healthcare. News
from Philips is located at www.philips.com/newscenter.
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