May 15, 2007 08:10 AM Eastern Daylight Time

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital to Install LiveData’s Visually Integrated Operating Room; ‘Wall of Knowledge’ Advances Patient Safety

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--LiveData, Inc. [www.LiveData.com ], leaders in real-time data integration and display, today announced the installation of its Visually Integrated Operating Room solution at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital.

The Visually Integrated Operating Room (VIOR) harnesses available information resources – from information systems, medical devices, surgical video, PACS systems, and more – to deliver a comprehensive picture of the surgical case, updated in real time. Working with LiveData Inc.’s audio-visual systems partner York Telecom, the LiveData solution at NewYork-Presbyterian incorporates voice and video communications to deliver necessary information to the OR team, when and where they need it, easily and instantly.

NewYork-Presbyterian will implement the VIOR, its “wall of knowledge,” in four operating rooms located at its two major medical centers. At NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, installations will be in orthopedic and neurosurgery; and, at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center installations will be in urology and gastrointestinal surgery. The diversity of these initial implementations will enable the Hospital to address workflow requirements across a wide range of surgical environments.

The system will give clinicians the latest surgical management technology to best care for patients. By integrating and displaying data from disparate areas, it provides information on multiple facets of the operation, at any given moment.

The installation at NewYork-Presbyterian will feature several innovations, delivering instant access to visual information within and beyond the OR. Based on LiveData OR-Dashboard, the VIOR will automatically capture and present information from such diverse systems as McKesson HSM, Picis OR Manager, Philips CompuRecord Anesthesia Information System, GE Datex-Omeda Anesthesia Systems, Philips Physiological Monitors, Applied Logic Abacus tray tracking system, and more. The complete VIOR solution will also deliver PACS images, and video links on demand with Pathology and Central Sterile Supply. Within the OR, a simple touch-screen interface will enable full control of audio-visual resources.

“Surgery in the twenty-first century requires a complete picture of the patient’s up-to-the-second medical status. This new technology will help meet this need, adding new functionality to our high-tech ORs,” said Dr. Dennis Fowler, medical director for perioperative services at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia and the United States Surgical Professor of Clinical Surgery at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.

“From a nursing perspective, this system will promote quality patient care by enhancing our ability to organize and facilitate every procedure,” said Kathleen Gaul Burke, RN, Director of Perioperative Nursing at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell.

York Telecom, a leading audio and video systems integrator, teamed with LiveData to design and demonstrate the VIOR. York Telecom’s A/V routing and control enables the bidirectional presentation of video information. 

“Clinicians with different specialties have the same vision: integrating information so it is more accessible to everyone. And now, they’ll have it. What was impossible just two or three years ago can be done today,” said LiveData CEO Jeffrey Robbins. “Workflow improves when information flow improves, and the inevitable benefit is the promotion of patient safety. As an academic medical center, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital is vitally committed to these advances, and we are proud to be a key part of their strategy.”

About NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital—based in New York City—is the nation’s largest not-for-profit, non-sectarian hospital, with 2,335 beds. It provides state-of-the-art inpatient, ambulatory and preventive care in all areas of medicine at five major centers: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital of NewYork-Presbyterian, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Allen Pavilion and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Westchester Division. One of the largest and most comprehensive health-care institutions in the world, the Hospital is committed to excellence in patient care, research, education, and community service. It ranks sixth in U.S.News & World Report’s guide to “America’s Best Hospitals,” ranks first on New York magazine’s “Best Hospitals” survey, has the greatest number of physicians listed in New York magazine’s “Best Doctors” issue, and is included among Solucient’s top 15 major teaching hospitals. The Hospital has academic affiliations with two of the nation’s leading medical colleges: Weill Cornell Medical College and Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. For more information, visit www.nyp.org.

About York Telecom

York Telecom is a leading provider of visual communication services and solutions for leading healthcare institutions, the federal government, Fortune 1000 companies, and state and local governments. The company offers complete visual communication solutions across a wide range of disciplines including video-conferencing, streaming media, video on demand, custom media studio and room design, and multimedia network management. Founded in 1985, York Telecom is headquartered in Eatontown, New Jersey. For more information, visit www.yorktel.com .

About LiveData

Specializing in real-time data integration and display, LiveData builds state-of-the-art systems for healthcare, utility, manufacturing, and government organizations. LiveData technology brings together data from any number of sources and presents it as meaningful information on easy-to-read graphic displays. Leading medical institutions, including Massachusetts General Hospital, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, have selected LiveData OR-Dashboard™ to enhance patient safety, improve team communication and streamline perioperative workflow. Founded in 1991, LiveData is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts. For more information, visit www.livedata.com.

Trademark Information: Visually Integrated Operating Room, VIOR, and OR-Dashboard are trademarks of LiveData, Inc. All other marks are the property of their respective owners, and are used for identification purposes only.

Contacts

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