Internal Reference Number: FOI_7928
Date Request Received: 13/05/2024 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 15/05/2024 00:00:00
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Request Summary: General Ward Monitoring
Request Category: Companies
Question Number 1: We would like to place a Freedom of Information request, wishing to obtain an Install Base report for Monitoring systems within general wards at your NHS hospitals. We are specifically looking for the following information. • Hospital Name • Hospital Postcode • General ward monitoring OEM • Model • Installation date (Please provide year of installation, where various please provide number installed within each specific year) • How many beds in your general ward • Is your general ward monitor connected to an EPR • Who is your EPR supplier System Definitions: • EPR – An electronic patient/health record is a digital version of a patient's paper chart. • OEM – original equipment manufacturer e.g. Philips • General Ward monitoring – A general ward monitor also known as a vital signs monitor or a spot check monitor is typically used to track a patients vital signs and overall wellbeing sporadically. A few examples of such include Philips EarlyVue VS30, Mindray VS900 and GE Portratin VSM. | |
Answer To Question 1: • Hospital Name - SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ • Hospital Postcode: SP2 8BJ • General ward monitoring OEM - Mindray • Model - Mindray VS900 and VS9 • Installation date (Please provide year of installation, where various please provide number installed within each specific year) - 12 in 2015, 31 in 2016, 71 in 2017, 29 in 2018, 5 in 2019, 62 in 2020, 63 in 2022, 1 in 2023 and 2 in 2024. • How many beds in your general ward: Average of 24 beds per ward • Is your general ward monitor connected to an EPR - no • Who is your EPR supplier - Lorenzo | |
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