Hospital Solutions
DNV Imatis takes friction out of healthcare operations.
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Care synchronised DNV Imatis takes friction out of healthcare operations. Our solutions easily integrate and aggregate data from across your healthcare operations. We bring critical information together into a simple overview, in realtime, wherever you are, unlocking your capacity to care. We help clinical, logistical and administrative teams work together more efficiently, to make better decisions for a seamless patient journey. The amount of information within healthcare organisations has grown almost exponentially, bloated by an ever-increasing number of journals, test results, diagnoses, reports, dialogue with the public sector, patients, and relatives. Without fast and reliable access to this information, safe and efficient hospital operations are impossible to maintain. DNV Imatis makes this vital information safe, clear, easily accessible, and immediate. A hospital can collect and aggregate data and distribute it to all departments and employees in real time, through a system of applications and digital solutions, creating better and more effective communication at all levels. Good, efficient, and reliable health services are one of the pillars of modern well-functioning society. DNV Imatis can help ensure that healthcare remains a stable pillar. Clinical logistics All hospital departments receive and generate data, from ambulance to accident and emergency (ER), surgery and outpatient wards, to cleaning, orderly and caretaker services. All this information is business critical. DNV Imatis’ Clinical Logistics solution is an ecosystem of applications and digital tools. It collects and transfers data and information between departments and enables information to flow freely and unhindered in real time, without the risk of any information being forgotten, misunderstood, or duplicated. DNV Imatis minimises the possibility that human inaccuracy
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leads to error. This creates a stronger sense of security for employees, greater safety for patients, greater efficiency, better collaboration, and increases job satisfaction. The effect of DNV Imatis’ Clinical Logistics solution reaches every level and discipline at a hospital. Mobility A hospital is a workplace unlike any other. A huge workload, limited time and great distances between wards creates a working environment that is not only stressful but also represents a risk of human error. Crucial information is often transported by hand, with no immediate insurance that it reaches its goal in time – and in the right hands. DNV Imatis’ Mobility solution is a digital ecosystem of tools that shape a highly effective working methodology. We have developed the technology to make every piece of information in a hospital, elderly home or health organisation available everywhere. Classic whiteboards with their felt-tip pens, post-it notes, sheets of paper and drawing pins are made redundant, replaced by digital touchscreens that provide uninterrupted information about the varying tasks and the current status in a ward or unit. Staff members also receive all the information they need straight to the mobile device in their pocket, in real time. They are able to send messages, receive test results, requisitions, alarms and notifications. DNV Imatis reduces the risk of human error while laying the foundation for better collaboration and on-thejob satisfaction.
DNV Imatis makes vital information safe, clear, easily accessible and immediate to all parts of the healthcare service.
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DNV Imatis is our main tool for supporting important work processes, patient flow, coordination, logistics and interaction internally at the hospital. - Anette M. Siebenherz Head of the Department of Rheumatology, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Østfold Hospital, Norway
Patient logistics Appointment scheduling is a complex business in healthcare. The date, time, location, and the order of appointments must be carefully orchestrated when planning and optimising the treatment of hundreds of people every day. A single change to a schedule can have significant knock-on effects. DNV Imatis’ Patient Logistics solution makes complex appointment scheduling more manageable. The solution provides two interfaces: one for patients, the other for hospital staff. The patient interface provides appointment reminders, arrival check-in functionality, and a seamless flow of communication before, during and after appointments. It also gives patients quick access to information about meeting locations, and navigation to help them find their way on time on their own mobile device. The solution provides hospital staff with a critical overview of the status of patient appointments and tools to track queues and waiting times. When obstacles arise, the solution enables staff to rebook appointments quickly, to ensure that consultations take place in in the right order. DNV Imatis’ Patient Logistics solution can also handle complex financial workflows, synchronising check-in, payment options, accounting systems and collection services. DNV Imatis’ Patient Logistics solution makes it easier
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for healthcare organisations to use as little time as possible on administration, increasing their capacity to care. Patient Portal For patients, a hospital stay can consist of long periods of waiting interrupted by short, hectic periods of giving and receiving information. Heavy healthcare staff workloads and the speed at which information needs to be transferred can lead to misunderstandings, patient uncertainty and loss of important information. DNV Imatis’ Patient Portal solution puts an end to patient boredom, restlessness and information vacuums between patients and staff. Our Patient Portal solution is a versatile and highly effective communication platform between patients, their hospital and the outside world. It provides real time access to entertainment and news, contact with friends and relatives, diagnostic information and treatment information. It also allows patients to self-report information about their health. The Patient Portal improves communication between nurses and patients, making the traditional hospital pull-cord alert a thing of the past. Patients can now submit a specific need digitally, saving hospital staff valuable time and energy. DNV Imatis’ Patient Portal solution can be installed on a number of digital platforms, from bedside screens to tablets, mobile phones and IP-TVs.
Support services A healthcare organisation cannot run efficiently without fast and reliable communication between all departments. It is impossible for a surgeon to perform an operation if the operating theatre has not been cleaned first. A radiologist cannot undertake an MR examination if their patient has not been transported to the radiology ward. Everyone depends on everyone. DNV Imatis’ Support Services solution helps every department in a healthcare practice to become a fully integrated part of the organisation. Information flows freely and seamlessly, from emergency departments to cleaning, caretaker and orderly services. Everyone has access to the same digital ecosystem – a nurse who discovers that a sink is clogged can inform the caretaker service in real time and be notified when the problem is solved. A bed that needs to be turned down by cleaning staff, a patient who needs an orderly to transport them to X-ray, a fluorescent tube that needs replacing – everything can be registered, shared, and acted on, across departments, by nurses, doctors, and administration teams. Remote monitoring Remote patient monitoring is a priority area in the health sector, and gradually more patients are being equipped with technological aids to monitor their state of health and any illnesses. DNV Imatis has developed several applications for use by patients in their own home or prior to outpatient examinations. All of these are designed to be simple and reliable, with an intuitive user interface and navigation, whilst also meeting strict requirements for information security
and data protection. Digital remote monitoring enables patients to receive close and effective follow-up from healthcare personnel in the comfort of their home. This provides reduces stress for patients and improves their quality of life in otherwise challenging circumstances. Management tool Information technology’s ability to produce and consume data is practically limitless. When applied to large and intricate organisations like hospitals, the sheer volume and complexity of data available is challenging to prioritise and interpret. DNV Imatis’ Management Tool solution enables healthcare providers to harvest data effectively. Information from all corners of an organisation can be aggregated by the tool to give precise, up-to-theminute status of operations in real time. The solution provides an exceptional overview to management teams and unlocks unique opportunities for more effective operational planning. It also delivers retrospective analysis, as all data is stored for later use. Use dashboards as an information management tool to track KPIs, metrics, and other key data points relevant to your management or specific processes. We provide real-time analytical data based on open technology. A single shared platform to give the ward and management greater visibility in their operations and resources.
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Our Platform DNV Imatis has developed an intelligent platform that digitalises and automates work processes using data from both existing and new systems. The platform, which is called Fundamentum, provides a framework for building lightweight applications that support current and new workflows as well as having other features. The Fundamentum platform functions as IT architecture for hospitals, local authorities, hospital trusts and community nursing services. Its integration and messaging engines are linked to existing heavyweight systems (patient-centric solutions, control systems, clinical applications and systems for facilities administration). By building lightweight applications on top of existing heavyweight systems, you can capitalise on existing IT investments without having to make changes, simply by layering DNV Imatis solutions on top of the existing infrastructure. You can use Fundamentum to present the data needed by the user in a suitable work platform, whether it is an online portal, a mobile app or a digital whiteboard. This makes it possible to add the capability for workflow functionality and the triggering of alarms to existing systems. Technology DNV Imatis collects and aggregates data through integrations with all existing IT systems in your healthcare operations, and through data input manually by healthcare professionals through a suite of specific tools.
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Our solutions allow healthcare workers to record information, communicate with colleagues, gain an overview of the current state of operations and act on specific tasks, all in real time, anywhere. DNV Imatis’ lightweight platform is fast and easy, and even offers its users the power to develop their tools further and solve future healthcare workflow issues with little training. Explore our suite of solutions to learn how your healthcare operations can benefit. DNV Imatis the company Scandinavian provider of software and information technology specially developed and adapted within the healthcare industry. We hold a unique position in the clinical and patient logistics market, having provided ehealth solutions to hospitals and municipalities in Norway and abroad for almost 20 years. Our common goal is to create digital tools that improve and simplify everyday life for patients, their families, and employees. DNV Imatis develops and upgrades all its own software, and has won a number of innovation prizes, such as the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise and the Rosing prize. Want to learn more? Feel free to contact us if you want to learn more about our services, solutions and products. We are happy to show you a demo if you want deeper insight.
Benefits With simpler planning of everyday work through available data, historically or in real time, more time is freed up for patient-centred treatment. You do not have to look for physical or human resources when the information is individually adapted to your everyday work, and you can lower your shoulders in the safe knowledge that work tasks are handled with correct and necessary information. Walk shorter distances With the information you need always at hand, you avoid unnecessary spent time while saving your own body and health for countless steps and high stress levels, and minimising any fuzz in the department. Make patients and employees feel safe Information sharing and safe transitions between places of work create a seamless working day with good and natural flow between departments and units where nothing is in danger of being left behind or falling between two chairs. Remove uncertainty and extra work The time you save by reducing reporting time, avoiding double registrations, and tracing information and human resources, also has a positive effect on the stress level and uncertainty you have otherwise been able to feel in the absence of overview. DNV Imatis’ solutions gives you the overall picture at all levels, and touches on everything from workflow to patients overview, responsible roles, support services and management. Enhance hospital operations Your teams work every day to make sure the patients in your hospital receive individualised quality care while operating in a non-stop and unpredictable environment. But providing the highest level of care is only achievable with a foundation of safety. Our solutions unifies voice, video, data and analytics on one single platform to efficiently keep hospitals secure and operations efficient.
Increase patient safety DNV Imatis helps to increase patient safety through several key points: • Quick and visual overview of relevant risk areas • Easy registration of vital measurements • Automatic calculation of score values with status for follow-up • Dynamic decision support that helps with prioritising tasks • Possibility of easy configuration of new mapping routines as more needs arise • Closed registration loops • Role-based messaging service for all handheld devices • Real-time data available everywhere on any device Improve coordination The overall value of an overview of support services such as cleaning, transport, food and building automation, cross-cutting collaboration in real time and not least effective coordination of interdisciplinary services, results in better resource utilisation, bed occupancy and space management. Attract the best workforce Make workflows easy. Allow your staff to focus on the job to be done, not wasting time and energy chasing the right resources, information or supplies. Attract the best employees with new ways of working. Digital. In line with new standards and fully adapted to the digital world that surrounds us. The sky is the limit of what you may achieve.
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About us DNV Imatis takes friction out of healthcare operations. Our solutions easily integrate and aggregate data from across your healthcare operations to deliver clear, realtime, decision critical information, wherever you are. Realise better collaboration, better decision-making and more efficient workflows. Deliver frictionless patient journeys and help clinical, logistical and administrative teams work better together. DNV Imatis is part of the DNV Group. DNV is an independent assurance and risk management provider, operating in more than 100 countries, with the purpose of safeguarding life, property, and the environment. As a trusted voice for many of the world’s most successful organisations, we help seize opportunities and tackle the risks arising from global transformations. We use our broad experience and deep expertise to advance safety and sustainable performance, set industry standards, and inspire and invent solutions.
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