Patient monitoring

Clinicians may only have time to briefly scan a monitor, so information needs to be presented as simply as possible. Philips clinical decision support tools are designed to reduce cognitive load, recognize patient deterioration, and give prompt feedback on whether therapeutic interventions are working.

Interoperability between Capsule Medical Device Information Platform and PIC iX enables streaming patient data to flow freely from a variety of medical device manufacturers on an open, secure platform. By disseminating this information through the PIC iX, clinicians get a near-real-time, vendor-neutral, unified view of a patient’s condition that helps empower them to make confident treatment recommendations. See how this leads to true situational awareness for increased efficiency and more time for direct patient care.

Most companies use a standard set of alarm sounds with little innovation given to all the beeps and chirps coming out of the monitor. We saw this as an opportunity to be innovative and set out to address the critical problem of alarm fatigue by transforming the sounds themselves. Working in partnership with world-renowned audio engineers and musicians, Philips has re-imagined monitor sounds, designing the first hospital sound environment around the caregiver and their patients.