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• Building automation systems (access
control and workforce management, IP
CCTV etc)
• RTLS - Real-Time Locating Systems for
tracking of personnel, patients and
equipment (eg. Maternity ward for tracking
of infants)
• PACS - Picture Archiving and
Communication Systems
• Mobility for Multimedia Devices (Tablets,
Wireless IP Phones, Cell Phones)
• IT Systems, Workstations, Data Storage etc
The future for Mediclinic’s
Technology Convergence Levels:
1. Infrastructure Convergence
Common communication platform allows
information sharing across both wired &
wireless systems. This shared infrastructure
allows information flow between medical
equipment, systems and related applications
throughout the facility.
In Summary
Mediclinic’s IT convergence can be planned
and accomplished incrementally over time,
beginning with the infrastructure foundation.
CKR iT Consulting’s goal, however, was to
ultimately achieve the level of convergence
that best met Mediclinic’s needs, timetable
and budget.
The advantages of Mediclinic’s new IT
converged infrastructure include:
• Better accessibility of information for
mobile clinicians and caregivers
• Optimised information flow across
functional areas
• Easier installation of new patient care or
facility management applications
• Mitigation of duplication among
communication infrastructures
• Simplified command-and-control via an
open network, secure and non-proprietary
protocol
• Lower operational and administrative costs,
and lower total cost of ownership
The sophisticated
surgical complex has
eight state-of-the-art
theatres, including
a heart theatre and
a catheterisation
laboratory
2. Network Convergence
Leverages a common network and switches,
allowing the co-existence and utilisation of
telephone, video and data comms. This can
enable typical enterprise voice/video/data
systems, as well as specialised systems such
as security, paging and asset tracking.
3. Data Convergence
Common data formats reside on a centralised
network, enabling timely, efficient sharing
between applications. The goal of data
convergence is to get the right information to
the right people when, where and how they
need it.
4. Operational Convergence
The integration