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Technology-based, vendor-neutral managed services designed to guide and support you in achieving optimized business outcomes.
Working as an extension of your team, we go beyond traditional managed equipment services by treating technology as an enabler rather than an outcome. We take on the responsibility for planning and managing the complexity of your equipment, technology and systems (including AI). We partner with you to encourage clinical, operational, financial and experiential transformation, empowering you to drive change and ensure patient and staff satisfaction.
- Flexible, shared-risk and reward engagement models
- Needs planning for current and future state
- Recommendations grounded in data insights
Demonstrated results in managed technology services
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System availability
Since implementing Philips’ patient monitoring technology in 2015, Saratoga Hospital has reduced patient transfers to the intensive care unit (ICU) by 63 percent and eliminated patient codes within its 20-bed
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Patients per year
Since implementing Philips’ patient monitoring technology in 2015, Saratoga Hospital has reduced patient transfers to the intensive care unit (ICU) by 63 percent and eliminated patient codes within its 20-bed
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Service delivery summary
We offer a proven track record in long-term strategic partnerships that focus on control, flexibility and data-driven improvements. Our managed :
Flexible, future-proof technology and service management grounded in actionable data insights
Streamlined and optimized technology maintenance with maximum asset utilization Defined total cost of ownership, providing risk transfer and access to gain-share mechanisms
Single point of contact for stakeholders, aligned to your KPIs Access to real-time metrics for continuous improvement
Financing and financial planning models tailored to meet your budget
Benefits
Helping you address key quadruple aim goals in patient and staff experience, outcomes and cost of care, including:
Improved patient turnaround time, average procedure time and wait time
Reduced patient prep, procedure and post-procedure lab time
Increased volume within resource allocations
Minimized variation and a more consistent staff experience
Improved operational efficiency
Reduced variation and fewer barriers to clinical upgrades
Optimized total cost of ownership
Simplified data collection and analysis for better asset utilization and fleet management
Why now?
Strategic technology management is emerging as a key operational discipline towards creating smarter hospitals. Some factors driving the change include:
Need for technology-enables approaches and innovation in healthcare that can drive down budgets
Lack of accurate operational information, resources and expertise that can result in missed savings as high as 12-16%
Demand for partnerships that deliver not just equipment but also innovative services and software, tailored to the provider’s needs
Opportunity for technology as a key differentiating factor in creating a competitive advantage
Financial and delivery model
Based on your operational and clinical needs and optimized total cost of ownership, your multi-year investment and maintenance plan will utilize actual and benchmark . Financial model features can include:
Shared risk and reward through a flexible, predictable, sustainable business model that leverages such options as managed services or pay-per-use arrangements, seasonally
Consolidation of investments and lifecycle costs into a structured payment for stable, predictable capital planning
Performance- and risk-based incentive structures tied to clinical, operational and financial
Service comparison
Tier 1 Traditional maintenance agreement Access to technology, technicians and remote capabilities through a tiered support model, where in-house capabilities are complemented by Philips support and expertise. | Tier 2 Managed technology service agreement Planning and management of equipment, technology, and systems (including AI), based on current and future needs, with a financial model designed around shared risk and reward. |
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Structure | |
Optimize your monitor configuration, workflows and processes Monitoring that fits your workflow, allowing clinicians to make informed decisions Measurable change recommendations fueled by facts | Optimize your monitor configuration, workflows Monitoring that fits your workflow, allowing clinicians to make informed decisions and Measurable change recommendations fueled by facts |
Service details | |
Alarm consultation Both baseline and essential education | Alarm consultation Both baseline and essential education Workflow observation Policy review Optimization and implementation with screen configuration |
Enabling technologies | |
IntelliVue patient monitors | IntelliVue patient monitors PIC iX central monitoring station CareEvent management system |
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Footnotes
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Disclaimer
Since 2016, Philips has conducted original research to help determine the readiness of countries to address global health challenges and build efficient and effective healthcare systems. The 2020 FHI report explores the perspectives of the next generation of healthcare professionals in all 15 countries. For details on the Future Health Index methodology and to access the 2020 report in its entirety, visit the Future Health Index site.