Motorola Mobile solutions are deployed in 20 medical institutions

The unit of mobile enterprise applications company Motorola has announced that the company is introducing SigmaCare corporate mobile solutions Motorola in 20 hospitals for chronic patients in order to improve the efficiency of the staff and improve the quality of patient care. SigmaCare - a leading developer of technology and health care provider of professional services for medical institutions that specialize in caring for the chronically ill. This introduction was made possible by the recent grant of New York in the amount of 13.5 million dollars. Grant given for the demonstration project to improve the quality of patient care and facilitate medical facilities for the chronically ill in the transition from paper-based to electronic.

Among the institutions that will introduce the new system is the Sands Point Center for Health & Rehabilitation - a health care facility for 180 seats in the city of Port Washington (New York). Corporate wireless solution Motorola introduced it into operation in October 2007 with the aim of enhancing personal communications staff to patients. Manual Sands Point Center expects to receive 450% th return on investment (ROI) in new technology over five years by improving the quality of medical records and improve efficiency. In addition, during these five years is expected to raise revenue center for 3.9 million dollars, which should lead to an increase in the value of the Center for more than 10,8 million dollars.

To support a mobile system of electronic health records SigmaCare and constant wireless access to critical clinical applications in all institutions caring for chronically ill specialists SigmaCare installed Motorola WS5100 wireless switches and access ports AP300, providing wireless corporate level, as well as mobile computers for Motorola MC70 Mobile access to critical data. The new system enables doctors, nurses and all the members of a multidisciplinary team access to information about patients and other electronic medical data in real time directly from the patient's bed. This process enables significantly improve the quality of medical records, decision making and patient care. In addition, it reduces the amount of paperwork and transaction costs, and improve the effectiveness of Labor and profitability as a whole. In the future, Sands Point is planning to install scanners, bar codes Motorola LS4278 to leave control of drugs.

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[Source: Just Another Mobile Phone Blog]