Philips enables hospitals and GPs to remotely screen and monitor patients with COVID-19
April 01 2020 - 4:00AM
Philips enables hospitals and GPs to remotely screen and monitor
patients with COVID-19
April 1, 2020
- Philips provides healthcare institutions with telehealth
solution to process high volume coronavirus-related healthcare
requests via online screening, and supports healthcare providers in
the use of external call centers to offer the correct care to
patients
- If medically justified, patients infected with COVID-19 can be
remotely monitored via automated questionnaires about their home
situation and state of health
Amsterdam, the Netherlands – Royal Philips (NYSE:
PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, today
announced that it can help general practitioners and healthcare
institutions manage the increased patient flows resulting from the
COVID-19 outbreak through a dedicated and scalable telehealth
solution that facilitates the use of online screening, follow-up
questionnaires and monitoring, and external call center
collaborations. It aims to prevent unnecessary visits to general
practitioners and hospitals and the remote monitoring of the vast
majority of COVID-19 patients that are in quarantine at home.
As a first step, patients complete an online questionnaire at
home. Based on the results, the caregiver can let the online
solution assign patients to a risk class and take appropriate
actions. If needed patients can be monitored via automated
follow-up surveys. Patients with a high-risk score are called by a
call center for additional information. If the call center
determines that care is required, the patient is referred to the
GP, who can then provide the necessary care or send them to the
hospital. While the questionnaire is intended to support care
providers, it is explicitly not a substitute for regular or
emergency care. The solution is based on Philips’ existing and
proven Patient Reported Outcomes Management solution, which is
being used by more than 100 healthcare institutions globally.
The Groene Hart Hospital in Gouda, the Netherlands, is one of
the healthcare institutions that has not only already started using
the COVID-19 screening and monitoring solution but has also
contributed to its development. “We are using this application to
relieve the enormous pressure currently placed on our healthcare
system,” said Ronald Liem, Head of Surgery at the Groene Hart
Hospital. “Together with general practitioners and the Dutch public
health service, we can now focus on the most urgent cases and
determine, based on the answers from the surveys, which patients do
and which do not need additional care.”
“The outbreak of the new coronavirus is a major challenge for
everyone in healthcare,” said Roy Jakobs, Chief Business Leader
Connected Care, member of the Executive Committee, Royal Philips.
“That is why we have equipped one of our existing and proven
telehealth solutions with the capabilities to screen and monitor
patients remotely. This remote screening solution supports
healthcare institutes to diagnose and treat patients at alternative
points of care and is helping to safeguard the scarce critical care
capacity.”
Roy Jakobs added: “We have a broad portfolio of telehealth and
remote care solutions at Philips. We are now working with hospitals
and GPs to see how we can use these solutions to help frontline
healthcare workers and their patients during the COVID-19
crisis.”
Hospitals, general practitioners and other care
providers who want to know more about Philips’ screening and
monitoring solution for COVID-19 patients can visit our
website.
For further information, please contact:
Joost MalthaPhilips Global Press OfficeTel: +31 6 10 55
8116Email: joost.maltha@philips.com
About Royal Philips
Royal Philips (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 generated 2019
sales of EUR 19.5 billion and employs approximately 80,000
employees with sales and services in more than 100 countries. News
about Philips can be found at www.philips.com/newscenter.
- Philips enables care providers to remotely screen and monitor
patients with COVID-19
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