Philips Reveals Open Ecosystem to Boost Health Monitoring, Care Coordination

Philips announced the interoperability of its Capsule Medical Device Information Platform (MDIP) with its Patient Information Center iX (PIC iX) to offer a patient monitoring system that brings together disparate medical devices and systems on a single interface.
 
According to Philips, interoperability between MDIP and PIC iX offers a new clinical perspective to capture streaming data flowing freely from a variety of medical device manufacturers on an open, scalable, secure platform.
 
The company aims to tackle device-specific connectivity protocols and security challenges to help caregivers view, document, report, and analyze data before making decisions related to care. A single, standardized interface will display information based on data pulled from different non-Philips ventilators, infusion pumps, and third-party vital signs monitors. A comprehensive picture of patient health is then presented based on the device data.
 
“Every day, clinicians make countless care decisions based on information from divided medical devices and systems. It’s time we start caring for the carers by making data more accessible,” Philips’ GM of Hospital Patient Monitoring Christoph Pedain told the press. “By ever-improving availability and accessibility of patient information, clinicians and patients benefit through enhanced workflows, insights, improved care delivery and safety measures that may lead to better health outcomes and the better use of staff and infrastructure.”
 
Enabled by the Philips PIC iX infrastructure and centrally managed, maintained, serviced, and secured applications, the company said customers will receive support and consultative services to help them navigate installation, analytics, and optimization. 
 
“In a healthcare landscape burdened by disparate data, there exists a need to usher in the next wave of clinical innovation. But one health technology company cannot do this alone,” said Lynne A. Dunbrack, group VP at International Data Corporation, a market intelligence provider. “The only way that hospitals can achieve the next level of efficiency and quality of care is by sharing patient data across systems, vendors, and devices. With this new offering, Philips is in a unique position to help drive new vendor-to-vendor interoperability standards to better support our care providers and the patients they serve.”

If you’re interested in learning more about medical device interoperability, click here!