University of Missouri Hospitals and Clinics Bring Advanced Monitoring and Telemetry Systems to Patient Care

Healthcare professionals at University of Missouri Hospitals & Clinics, Columbia Regional Hospital and Missouri Rehabilitation Center are partnering with Spacelabs Medical to enhance patient care and safety by installing state-of-the-art patient monitors and telemetry throughout their facilities. The approximate $6.3 million investment in enterprise-wide patient monitoring and telemetry systems is part of Missouri's initiative to improve the flow of information so that clinicians have instant access to complete, real-time data from anywhere in the university healthcare system.

The new system will support rapid, informed decision-making by providing physicians, nurses and other healthcare staff with secure access to patients' vital signs, orders, medication charting, medical records, laboratory reports, test results and other records right at bedside or via the Internet.

From an information technology perspective, Spacelabs monitors and networking feature a cost-effective, easily maintained infrastructure that will interface with the hospital's state-of-the-art Cerner information system.

Spacelabs patient monitoring systems will be installed in operating rooms and post-acute intensive care units, as well as in intensive care units for pediatric, adolescent, cardiac, post-surgical and burn patients and in telemetry areas for cardiovascular monitoring.

Spacelabs solutions for the University of Missouri Health Care System include:

• UltraviewSL patient monitoring systems, including the SL2400 compact, SL2700 and SL2800 bedside patient monitors and SL3800 central monitor for hardwired, wireless and telemetry patients.
• Enterprise-wide Intesys Clinical Suite (ICS), which seamlessly integrates real-time patient data into hospital information systems, and includes such features as Full Disclosure, Vital Signs Viewer, HL7 interfaces and Print Manager.
• WinDNA, delivering charting, lab, Internet, Intranet and HIS applications to the patient monitor display.
• Flexports, integrating data from standalone, third-party devices into the trended patient record.
• UltraviewSL Digital Telemetry offerings, enabling surveillance of patients with portable monitors outside the central antenna coverage area and, through networking, throughout the hospital.
• UltraviewSL Dual Capnography Module, providing comprehensive information about patient respiratory status and adequacy of ventilation.
• BIS module, to aid in monitoring the hypnotic effects of anesthetics and sedatives on the brain.

Joe Davin, President, Global Sales and Marketing for Spacelabs, said, "It is a great privilege to partner with the University of Missouri Health Care System, one of the Midwest's leading centers for teaching, research and patient care. We are pleased that Spacelabs can meet their needs for connectivity and fast, flexible access to patient information, giving their clinicians the rare gift of more time for patient care."

About University Of Missouri Health Care

University Hospital and Clinics, a part of the University of Missouri Health Care system, serves patients from every county in Missouri. The 260-bed hospital specializes in treating the most severe illnesses and injuries, offering the only Level I trauma center in mid-Missouri, intensive care units and highly specialized medical and surgical services.

Columbia Regional Hospital, a part of the University of Missouri Health Care system, is a full-service acute-care facility with 237 beds. The hospital has been named one of the nation's top orthopaedic hospitals, and it offers the region's most comprehensive medical team for mothers and newborns at its Family Birth Center, Missouri OB/GYN Associates and newborn intensive care unit.

Missouri Rehabilitation Center is recognized throughout the Midwest as a leading long-term acute care center for physical medicine and rehabilitation. Located in Mount Vernon in southwest Missouri, the hospital houses a comprehensive array of experts and programs for patients recovering from serious illness or injury.

About Spacelabs Medical

Spacelabs Medical (www.spacelabs.com), based in Issaquah, WA, U.S., is a global manufacturer and distributor of patient monitoring systems for critical care and anesthesia, wired and wireless networks and clinical information connectivity solutions, ambulatory blood pressure (ABP) monitors and medical data services. It has an installed base of approximately 100,000 patient monitoring units worldwide, including around 60,000 in the U.S. and around 10,000 units in Europe. In addition, there are approximately 30,000 Spacelabs ABP monitors installed on a worldwide basis. Spacelabs has distribution partnerships in approximately 80 countries and sales or regional offices worldwide. Spacelabs employs approximately 800 employees worldwide. Spacelabs Medical is an OSI Systems Company, www.osi-systems.com.

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