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Smart Infusion Management

Digital transformation—implementing smart infusion management in the hospital

Hospitals face enormous challenges in providing effective and efficient patient care. Digitalisation strategies seek to improve the overall quality of patient care, but what does this mean for smart infusion management? Through infusion device connectivity and integrations, a broad toolbox of opportunities become available to support improvements in patient safety through medication management, auto-documentation/auto-programming and asset management.

 

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    Days are needed for a hospital technician to update all pumps1

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    Of all medical errors are medication errors in the ICU3

Hospital Medicines Governance

Managing a large fleet of infusion devices can become operationally demanding for hospital resources, particularly when drug library software requires updating at regular intervals. The impact of having a fleet of devices with mixed software versions or drug libraries can result in governance issues within the hospital.

Smart infusion management at a glance

Smart infusion management solutions have benefits across all levels: better systems, more efficient processes, improved patient outcomes and enhanced future viability.

 

Zero touch deployment

Remote updates of infusion pumps via the hospital network with less interruption of clinical workflows. 

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Interoperable Documented

Seamlessly integrated into the hospital IT environment using the bi-directional HL7-IHE framework.

Space®plus caches data even when no network connection is available. 

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Encryption

Data transmitted through the hospital network between the Space®plus infusion pumps and the OnlineSuiteplus servers are end-to-end encrypted.

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User Experience

Drug library data is always up to date at the infusion pumps. The self-explanatory user interface guides healthcare professionals simply and safely.

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Smart System

Space®plus and  OnlineSuiteplus are a crucial milestone on the way to becoming a smart hospital. 

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References

[1] Internal evaluation: average hospital with 500 pumps - Manual process to update all pumps.

[2] Bernau P. Hacker greifen Kliniken an. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung 2020. https://www.faz.net/aktuell/wirtschaft/digitec/mehr-hacker-angriffe-auf-kliniken-undkritische-infrastruktur-17062421.html. Last access 11.2.22.

[3] Mohiuddin AK. The Role of the Pharmacist in Patient Care: Achieving High Quality, Cost-Effective and Accessible Healthcare Through a Team-Based, Patient-Centered Approach 2020.

[4] Da Silva BA, Krishnamurthy M. The alarming reality of medication error: a patient case and review of Pennsylvania and National data. J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect. 2016 Sep 7;6(4):31758. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5016741/. Last access 11.2.22.