AMSTERDAM, Nov. 27, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Royal
Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) today introduced PerformanceBridge,
a new suite of performance management software and services to
assist radiology departments in enhancing productivity, improving
the patient experience and delivering better value-based care.
PerformanceBridge supports radiology department administrators in
prioritizing operational improvements in asset management,
equipment uptime and utilization, peer-to-peer collaboration,
accreditation compliance and practice management.
Designed as a secure, cloud-based or on-premise software
solution, Philips' PerformanceBridge gives healthcare professionals
access to near real-time data on departmental performance through
an easy-to-use interactive dashboard. Vendor agnostic,
PerformanceBridge unifies information across different imaging
modalities and existing information systems. To further support
continuous improvement management, Philips offers a dedicated team
of application specialists to help PerformanceBridge users leverage
its tools and implement performance improvement strategies based on
meaningful insights provided by PerformanceBridge.
"As the role of the radiologist continues to evolve, we are
committed to delivering next-generation software and services to
bring the power of informatics and decision support to radiology,"
said Rob Cascella, CEO of the
Diagnosis and Treatment businesses at Philips. "Radiology
departments have access to a goldmine of data that can positively
impact the entire enterprise. PerformanceBridge leverages
intelligent software and analytics, blended with deep expertise, to
deliver actionable information to make everything more streamlined
in support of a first-time-right approach."
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center based in Burlington, Massachusetts, is a co-development
site and early adopter of one of the services of Philips'
PerformanceBridge, namely PerformanceBridge Practice.
"PerformanceBridge Practice has incredible promise for
data-driven practice management, including exciting things such as
a real local market referral pattern analysis, as well as asset and
technologist utilization insights," said Christoph Wald, M.D., Ph.D, MBA, FACR, Chairman,
Department of Radiology at Lahey Hospital & Medical Center and
Professor of Radiology at Tufts University
Medical School. "It gives us the intelligence we need to be
a data-driven enterprise."
The PerformanceBridge suite includes intelligent tools and
personalized service options to enable health systems to drive the
value of imaging:
- Understanding and improving imaging performance –
PerformanceBridge Practice offers vendor-agnostic, deep,
data-backed insights to identify opportunities and gaps within a
health system. Following this assessment, Philips acts as a partner
in on-going continuous improvement, providing detailed benchmarking
and insights to help achieve productivity gains.
- Managing radiation dose – Philips' dose management
software platform, DoseWise Portal, enables healthcare providers to
record, track and analyze the radiation exposure of patients and
clinicians. Imaging managers have access to information about
patient radiation exposure to make data-informed decisions to
ensure safe optimized levels and adherence to industry
regulations.
- Participating in knowledge sharing – Through Philips'
NetForum community, clinicians have access to a cloud-based
peer-to-peer network, where members can access benchmarking data,
case studies and educational information to aid in knowledge
sharing and facilitate learning.
- Proactively addressing equipment issues
– PerformanceBridge's services analytics infrastructure
integrates input from 24 different data sources into one
consolidated database with more than 40 proactive data analytics
algorithms, which analyze system log files on a daily basis to
recognize patterns that identify the need for proactive equipment
maintenance.
PerformanceBridge builds on Philips' existing expertise in
imaging, clinical informatics, healthcare consulting services,
remote services, dose management services and education services.
It complements Philips' Rightfit suite of maintenance services and
its SmartPath suite of upgrade services. Philips has an installed
base of over 300,000 imaging systems in more than 100 countries,
and 7,000 field service engineers to support Philips customers.
Philips is showcasing PerformanceBridge at RSNA 2016 at booth
#6735 in Hall B at McCormick Place. PerformanceBridge will be
commercially available in the US, Benelux, UK, Australia and New
Zealand in 2017.
For more information about Philips' presence at RSNA, including
the full suite of Philips' solutions for diagnosis and treatment,
please visit Philips' RSNA event website, and follow
@PhilipsLiveFrom for more information on Philips' presence at
#RSNA16.
For further information, please contact:
Alicia Cafardi
Philips Group Communications
Tel: + 1 412-523-9616
Email: Alicia.Cafardi@Philips.com
Kathy O'Reilly
Philips Group Communications
Tel: +1 978-221-8919
Email: Kathy.Oreilly@Philips.com
Twitter: @KathyOReilly
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(NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) is a leading health technology company
focused on improving people's health and enabling better outcomes
across the health continuum from healthy living and prevention, to
diagnosis, treatment and home care. Philips leverages advanced
technology and deep clinical and consumer insights to deliver
integrated solutions. Headquartered in the Netherlands, the company is a leader in
diagnostic imaging, image-guided therapy, patient monitoring and
health informatics, as well as in consumer health and home care.
Philips' health technology portfolio generated 2015 sales of
EUR 16.8 billion and employs
approximately 70,000 employees with sales and services in more than
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