Less administrative burden for the healthcare professional and more time for personal attention for the patient. That is what most companies at Zorg & ICT are working on, as a tour of the trade fair floor shows.
No administrative burden
Health Cloud Initiative (HCI) immediately goes for the highest goal. “Ultimately, we want 100 percent of a healthcare professional’s time to be available for healthcare,” explains Pim van der Gulik. “Currently, a healthcare professional spends 30 percent of their time on administration, while the pressure on healthcare is actually increasing. We think that is too much. By reducing the administrative burden, we hope that healthcare professionals can spend more time on work that they are good at and that gives them energy: providing healthcare.”
According to Van Gulik, the unique proposition of the smart software of the Health Cloud Initiative (HCI) platform is that it integrally links various software labels for mental health and paramedical care, such as an EHR as CRS, and platforms such as Uw Zorg Online and Quli. “They fit together seamlessly. By using the latest technologies such as AI and by developing services that relieve the burden on healthcare, we can ensure that professionals can spend their time.”
ICT like water from the tap
Cloud Service Partner RAM Infotechnology wants healthcare professionals to experience ICT as water from the tap, says Pieter Verdult, account manager care. “We provide the workplace for healthcare workers, such as the network and technical application management.”
The IT company does this by providing private and public cloud services from its own data center. Fully customized for hosting and management of applications, mobile workplaces and networks.
RAM-IT works for nursing homes and care homes and home care, the GGD, youth care and elderly care. Hospitals and laboratories are also served with IT support. “We arrange all the thinking for the care worker, including security,” Verdult explains. “This allows them to focus more on their work as a care professional.”
Residential care technology
Cinnovate's residential care technology contributes to the self-reliance of clients and at the same time makes the work of care professionals in elderly and disabled care more fun, easier and safer. Armourings and sensors, such as nurse call or personal alarm systems, home automation and smart sensoring are all tracked via one app, Sietse Dugour explains.
“This way we ensure that the right information reaches the right employee via systems from other suppliers. In this way we offer more independence to clients. If you arrange safety and home automation well, they can continue to live independently for longer, intramural or extramural. It increases the self-esteem of the patient. This also makes the work of the care worker less stressful.”
“For example, if a resident gets out of bed at night, you get a notification. You don't necessarily have to see the images, but you get the data from the sensors. This alarm saves quite a few night rounds, says Dugour. “It makes the work more efficient and easier and gives the care professional more time for personal attention.”
Cinnovate works with various partners for this purpose. The company recently integrated its services with Xelion. Where an employee previously had to use multiple apps to keep track of different systems, this is now possible with one app. Dugour: “Thanks to a new open API, every supplier can log in. We are already working with 25 integration partners. This ensures that the information reaches the right healthcare worker.”
Brand independent working
A brand-independent software platform for alarms and communication is also what IQ Messenger has to offer the healthcare professional, says Femmy Reijnders. “All brands have their own protocol. For example, a notification can often only be received on one device or app. We speak all languages, so it doesn't matter which system you work on. We can link it. In this way, we are continuously improving alarm processes from the perspective of managers, employees and, in healthcare, also patients and clients.”
With applications such as the Graphical Event Assignment, a user-friendly application for alarm assignment, and the Switcher, which helps you switch between systems, IQ Messenger makes life easier for healthcare professionals. Reijnders: “They no longer have to walk around with different devices in their hands and switch between different notifications.”
Exoskelet
Micha Paalman of Yumen Bionics presents a completely different kind of product and service. He will be at Zorg & ICT at T-Mobile with his design for an exoskeleton for patients with the muscular disease Duchenne. The company was founded by the patient organization Duchenne Parents Project. It wants to give children with this muscular disease their arm movement back in a natural way. In collaboration with doctors, families, researchers and children with Duchenne themselves, he developed an arm exoskeleton.
Thanks to the elastics, the children can move with them themselves and do things that go beyond the necessary daily movements, says Paalman. For example, they can play ping-pong and piano. A motion sensor in the exoskeleton ensures that the children always remain mobile and know exactly how much they can move without destroying their muscles. It also gives the caregivers insight into their energy level and makes remote care possible. "This gives you back control over your own movement," says Paalman.
He received support for the sensor system from T-Mobile. He has also received funding from a number of health insurers. “We can start delivering the IOT Exoskeleton next year. Our ambition is to go even further. Muscle weakness only reduces the muscles. That is why we are thinking about exoskeletons with motors, so that children can continue to move. For now, we give you extra muscles and insight via sensors.”