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The MDP2020 and NetViewer MDP2040 products are the latest generation of
patient viewers from VIDCO. These low-cost, easy-to-use solutions allow hospitals
to centrally or remotely display real-time physiologic data for one or multiple patients.
For customers with remote and secondary patient monitoring requirements,
there is an alternative to the typical high-cost monitoring solutions available
from patient monitor manufacturers. VIDCO products offer high-performance
at an affordable cost with no per bed licensing.
Hospital personnel view non-native displayed patient monitoring data in at least four
ways:
High-End, Central Station viewing of all patients being monitored by a bedside or
ambulatory telemetry pack. This is either for a patient care unit or for the entire
hospital (the "war room" concept). In this case, having at least one high-end central
station with full disclosure, beat-to-beat waveform storage, expanded trends and
specialized functions is usually desired. Typical clinical units include ICU's,
Telemetry and Intermediate Care units. Major manufacturers fulfill these needs very
well, but generally at a high-end price, with central stations ranging in price from
$18K to greater than $40K.
Limited Function, Secondary Central Station Display viewing of multiple
selected patients, in order to view patient status while not at the nurses' station. In
this case, there is at least one high-end Central Station located somewhere on the
network, but there is a strong need for 1 or more additional displays from which
nurses can observe their patients at a distance when roaming the floors, to view
trends, check on alarms and print out vital signs. Typical clinical units include
Medical/Surgical, Oncology, Neurology and Intermediate Care units that may also
have patient monitoring oversight by ICU or other staff.
Limited Function, Central Station display surveillance of all or selected patients
being monitored. There is NO high-end central station deployed in this segment.
Patient acuity may be lower, or the hospital budget may simply dictate a lower cost
central station solution to remotely view patients. Typical clinical units could include
smaller hospital ICUs, EDs and Intermediate Care.
Secondary viewing of a Single Patient - useful in OR, Emergency/Trauma,
Cardiac Cath Lab & Other Special Procedures, Radiology and Telemetry Floors &
Isolation/Negative Pressure rooms for infection control purposes. Used to replicate
and/or visually enlarge the data of one patient. Telemetry floors, in particular,
generate strong, commonly voiced needs by clinicians to be able to view patient vital
signs status at bedside during IV medication "pushes" and other procedural
interventions. Most telemetry packs don't display this information locally. Many ED
trauma bays and ORs use ceiling mounted repeater displays on booms for group
viewing of patient status.
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