AMSTERDAM and ARMONK, N.Y., July 28,
2016 /PRNewswire/ -- VU University Medical Center
Amsterdam in the Netherlands
today announced it is teaming with IBM (NYSE: IBM) to deploy
analytics-driven IBM MobileFirst for iOS apps, designed to better
coordinate and communicate data across healthcare teams. The
Message for Healthcare app will be the first of a suite of IBM
MobileFirst for iOS apps that VU University Medical Center
Amsterdam will implement to help improve collaboration between
members of their healthcare teams.
''As a University hospital with a strong emphasis on research
and education, VU University Medical Center Amsterdam has
always had a natural focus on stimulating innovation and spreading
new technologies and methods," said Wouter
Bos, chairman VU University Medical Center Amsterdam .
"During the last two years VU University Medical Center Amsterdam
and VU University have made a joint effort with our internationally
recognized successful Mobile Learning Initiative, to enable all
students and teachers to be truly mobile. Our next step is
making our healthcare professionals more accustomed to a working
environment where mobile is the standard."
IBM MobileFirst for iOS apps transform how healthcare employees
manage their work as they care for patients, putting critical data
at their fingertips in a security-rich mobile environment.
With a sleek, easy-to-use interface and functionality powered by
analytics, Message for Healthcare is designed to help VU University
Medical Center Amsterdam staff using iPhone communicate more
effectively, to help improve their responsiveness to patients.
"In integrating Apple and IBM solutions, medical organizations
are seeing the possibilities and impact of the mobile shift in the
healthcare workforce. VU University Medical Center Amsterdam
will be at the forefront to help drive this innovation with a
mobile-led strategy that will empower our employees and enhance how
we care for all of our patients, enabling a more value based
healthcare," said Marc Koster,
Director of Strategy & Innovation of VU University Medical
Center Amsterdam .
Other IBM MobileFirst for iOS apps that could strengthen this
collaboration in the future and simplify how patient information is
shared are:
- Hospital Lead: enables charge nurses and care managers to
access real-time information so they can quickly organize,
prioritize, and monitor individual activities for an entire
unit
- Hospital MD: provides doctors access to more comprehensive
patient data and effective task management tools for more effective
coordination with their care teams
- Hospital RN: keeps nurses and care teams continually connected,
while allowing nurses to tap into critical patient information from
integrated systems of record the moment it's needed for more
efficient care delivery.
"IBM is working closely with organizations to design and deploy
made-for-business apps to lead their digital transformation," said
Mahmoud Naghshineh, general manager,
Apple partnership, IBM. "We teamed up with VU University
Medical Center Amsterdam to empower healthcare professionals like
doctors and nurses with apps that provide access to critical
information and insights in an efficient, consumable way so they
can deliver the best possible care to patients."
For more information regarding IBM MobileFirst for iOS apps and
services please visit
www.ibm.com/mobilefirst/us/en/mobilefirst-for-ios.html or
www.apple.com/business/mobile-enterprise-apps/ .
About VU University Medical Center
Amsterdam
VU University Medical Center is the
university hospital affiliated with the VU University Amsterdam. VU
University Medical Center Amsterdam got rated as the best academic
medical center in The Netherlands
in terms of patient care, education and research. At the end of
this year the planned merger between the two university hospitals
in the city of Amsterdam will
build the largest hospital in The
Netherlands, containing 1.730 beds, 15.000 employees and a
turnover of $1.7bn.
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IBM Media Relations
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