Garrahan Hospital creates an interhospital network in Argentina with videoconferencing solutions from Polycom and Unify

Polycom videoconferencing and Unify communications solutions have been chosen by Garraham pediatric hospital to create an inter-hospital remote patient care and monitoring system in Argentina, to which they have already joined 158 centres, becoming the most important telemedicine project in the country.

Specialized in the care of children and adolescents, Garrahan Hospital is the main public center of its kind in Argentina. One of its main objectives is to act as a reference center in pediatrics in this country, To this end, it has launched an interhospital communication network aimed at the care and monitoring of patients remotely, as well as for the exchange of experiences and knowledge among professionals.

To do this, its managers have acquired multipoint videoconferencing solutions in HD from Polycom as well as communications from Unify (formerly Siemens Enterprise Communications), who have worked together to provide a complete collaboration and communications solution to Garrahan Hospital, as well as the tender for the development of this model of interhospital communication for remote patient care and monitoring in Argentina.

RealPresence Video Platform

According to the terms of the project, So far, some 158 Video conferencing terminals, distributed both in Garrahan Hospital and in other regional centers. In addition, One of the pillars of this interhospital model is the Polycom RealPresence video platform, Composed of different solutions from this provider, such as HDX7000-720 multipoint video conferencing systems for visual meetings with multiple connected remote locations.

The RealPresence Platform, standards-based, Natively integrates with unified communications solutions and enables up to 25.000 sessions with 75.000 devices in a single video event, using up to a 50% Less bandwidth than other video platforms, According to the data provided by this provider.

 

For its part, The HDX7000-720 multipoint system distributed by these hospitals allows video calls and sharing content in high definition with up to four locations simultaneously.

Another fundamental part of the project has been the deployment of Unify's Openscape Voice unified communications system., as well as Polycom video recording and streaming equipment, to be able to record the videoconference sessions so that both the Garrahan center and the rest of the connected hospitals have a video library that can be used for training of doctors, Review of patient consultation history, Reproduction of medical procedures, Etc.

The implementation of this interhospital network offers important advantages in immediacy, Speed and quality in patient care, that given the size and geography of the country, they will not have to move to other regions, since they will be attended through videoconference by medical specialists located in different locations, At the same time, it will be possible to analyze and improve the diagnosis of complex pathologies among physicians.

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