GE Introduces MobileLink™ Wireless Technology for More Efficient Monitoring of Patients' Heart Waveforms
Heart waveforms from electrocardiographs are wirelessly entered into patient’s electronic cardiology record for faster, more confident patient care decisions
CHICAGO and MILWAUKEE, Wis. -- GE has unveiled a new wireless technology that allows doctors to monitor the heart rhythms of their patients with greater accuracy and efficiency for time-savings and better treatment decisions.
The advanced wireless technology, called MobileLink™ from GE Medical Systems Information Technologies, links to GE’s ECG monitoring equipment and cardiovascular information system, which gives clinicians faster access to patient information.
The system eliminates time-consuming tasks, such as transferring paper-based orders and repetitive entering of patient information, so doctors can make sound care decisions with less patient waiting time and fewer chances for errors.
With connections to GE’s MAC® 5000 ECG units and GE’s MUSE® CV cardiovascular information system, MobileLink creates a reliable, paperless network that captures patient information from the time an ECG exam is ordered until the clinician completes a report and makes a treatment recommendation.
"MobileLink helps clinicians work more efficiently and shorten response time," said Mike Genau, vice president of cardiology systems for GE Medical Systems Information Technologies. "Immediately after the exam, physicians can access results on a hospital workstation, or on a cellular-enabled PDA from virtually anywhere. They can analyze exams, make quick care decisions, and get patients into treatment in the shortest time possible."
With the new technology, clinicians can download orders for ECG exams from the MUSE CV cardiovascular information system and transmit them to the MAC 5000 ECG unit located anywhere on the hospital floor. Staff members administering exams no longer have to enter redundant patient information – such as name, gender, date of birth – at the bedside, which saves time and eliminates the potential for errors while entering data by hand.
"The MAC 5000 and MUSE CV systems are industry leaders in cardiac care," said Genau. "MobileLink makes these advanced systems even better by letting them work together more effectively."
Patient information in the MUSE CV database and ECG records are electronically linked so no time is lost matching records manually because of data entry errors. Reliably matched records simplify serial ECG comparisons.
Once an exam is complete, a clinician can wirelessly upload the ECG data to the MUSE system. No time is spent hand-carrying data on a disk or searching for a place to plug in the ECG cart to a modem connection. Further, test records are transmitted directly from the MUSE system to the hospital information system (HIS) for billing, virtually eliminating delays and lost charges caused by misplaced paper records.
About GE Medical Systems Information Technologies
GE Medical Systems Information Technologies provides hospitals and healthcare systems with advanced software and technologies to improve their clinical performance. The expertise spans the areas of cardiology, patient monitoring, image management, clinical communications, and clinical information systems to enable a real-time, integrated electronic medical record. GE Medical Systems Information Technologies is a business of GE Medical Systems, a $9 billion global leader in medical imaging and technology. Additional information about GE Medical Systems can be found at www.gemedical.com
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