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Haivision's Furnace Gives Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
a Live Window Into Operating Rooms
Secure Remote Access to
Live Operating Room Video Allows Doctors to Monitor Surgery and
Determine When to Scrub In
Haivision Network Video
May 3, 2010
MONTREAL and CHICAGO - Haivision Network Video today announced that
surgeons
at the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, one of the
nation's top pediatric
hospitals, are using the Haivision Furnace video-over-IP system to
monitor
progress of cardiology surgeries live from anywhere in the hospital,
at the
office, or from home. With secure remote access to live video
providing a
window into the operating room (OR), doctors can now collaborate
more
efficiently, thus improving patient care.
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The Furnace system
integrates seamlessly into the OR video routing system.
An overhead camera used for viewing the OR procedure is routed to
the Furnace system
for distribution over the hospital's local network or Internet.
Contributing to Health
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) compliance,
encryption
is applied to the video stream providing 100 percent security.
Further,
remote viewing of video is made available to an unlimited number of
authorized clinicians through a secure VPN connection. The Furnace's
"zero
footprint" InStreamT player requires no installation, maintenance,
or
service calls, as a result of which, doctors can access video, track
procedures within any OR, and use the visual information to decide
when to
go scrub in for a surgery. "Here at the hospital we perform a
significant
number of transplants, which can take several hours," said Matt
Klevemann,
senior technical architect at the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
of UPMC.
"A particular surgeon may not be needed in the OR until well into
the
procedure, so it really is vital that doctors working
collaboratively on a
case have a real-time means of monitoring progress. The simplicity,
reliability, and availability of the Furnace system save our staff a
tremendous amount of time by allowing them to get a visual OR check
from the
convenience of their offices, any other hospital location, and even
from the
comfort of their homes." Prior to installing the Furnace system, the
hospital fed video to a single conference room via a coaxial link.
Doctors,
many of whom have offices in different buildings, had to stop by
this room
regularly to keep abreast of surgery status. Today, the Furnace
system makes
video available to offices and laptops over the hospital's wireless
network,
as well as to doctors' homes via standard cable modem over the
off-campus
secure VPN. The ability to view video from anywhere gives doctors
the
flexibility to watch the progress of a procedure and decide when
it's time
to go into surgery. The easy deployment and maintenance of
Haivision's
Furnace system also offers significant savings in time and technical
resources, an important benefit for the hospital's limited IT staff.
The
system's InStream player relies on a coupled client/server approach
by which
a doctor requests media access through a simple Web link and
instantaneous
communication informs the server who the user is and which platform
he or
she is using. The player then is sent to the user's computer and
launched to
provide easy access to live-motion images. The IP video delivery
system
meets the healthcare facility's steep security demands through a
combination
of AES encryption and conditional access technology, as well as full
reporting on who viewed content, where, and when. More information
about
the Furnace system and other Haivision products, including recent
case
studies and application notes, is available within the download
center at
www.haivision.com. # # # About Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of
UPMC
Renowned for its outstanding clinical services, research programs,
and
medical education, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC has
helped
establish the standards of excellence in pediatric care. From
ambulatory
care to transplantation and cardiac care, talented and committed
pediatric
experts care for infants, children, and adolescents who make more
than
500,000 visits to Children's and its many neighborhood locations
each year.
Children's also has been named consistently to several elite lists
of
pediatric healthcare facilities, including ranking 10th among
children's
hospitals (FY 2008) in funding provided by the National Institutes
of
Health, and is named one of the best pediatric hospitals in the
nation by
U.S. News & World Report. About Haivision Network Video Based in
Montreal
and Chicago, Haivision Network Video is a private company and a
world leader
in delivering the most advanced and intelligent IP video networking
technology. Haivision's products are deployed worldwide within the
foremost
Fortune 100 companies; in the most rigorous military and defense
applications; in state-of-the-art healthcare facilities for video
collaboration and training; in highly renowned educational
institutions for
IPTV, teaching, and remote learning; in the most efficient
interactive
broadcast applications; and within the world's leading TelePresence
suites.
Haivision distributes its products through value-added resellers,
system
integrators, distributors, and OEMs worldwide. All trademarks and
registered trademarks mentioned herein are the property of their
respective
owners.
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