JAOtech to front end Imatis Digital Hospitals

Published 16th May 2008

Redhill, UK, 14 May 2008 – Imatis of Norway is to use JAOtech multimedia patient terminals to form the bedside front end for its integrated digital hospital system, following the signing of a global Technology Partnership between the two companies. The Imatis Digital Hospital links medical teams, support teams and patients through a single integrated IT platform.

Commenting on the agreement, Andreas Bjørneboe, Vice President Sales at Imatis said, “JAOtech provides us with a high quality, well-designed and cost-effective front end hardware platform for patients – a key component within our overall solution. Their bedside PC terminals offer a comprehensive package of modular peripheral options, which makes it very easy for us to tailor our offering to the needs of each individual hospital.” He added, “JAOtech’s roadmap for evolving their solution is impressive, and eliminates the need for us to devote development resources to ensuring that this aspect of our solution remains state-of-the-art. This allows us to focus on the key differentiator of our solution: our ability to connect people, information, processes and systems within a healthcare organisation.”

Warren Kressinger-Dunn, Managing Director, JAOtech, added, “Imatis offers a comprehensive management solution for hospitals, for which patient terminals are a significant element. We are delighted that they have agreed to become a Technology Partner and have standardised on our terminals.”

The Imatis Suite is a service-based infrastructure and application framework. It includes several healthcare applications, like patient terminals, nurse calling, electronic patient charts, vital sign/patient monitoring and notification, bed management, localisation services, asset control and patient whiteboard. The platform also supports advanced and flexible services for hospital communication like notifications, team assembly, emergency medical communications, alarm management and voice.

JAOtech multimedia bedside terminals support Linux and Windows and are compatible with all major PC applications. In addition to meeting the requirements of UL60601 in full, all the terminals include a host of design features that suit them to the demanding, clean environment of a hospital ward, including open plan areas. All terminals can be readily deep cleaned using popular cleaning and sterilisation agents, offer a wipe down design, and sealed front and rear faces to IP65 and IP64 respectively as well as the benefit of anti-bacterial plastics based on Novaron®. JAOtech has used innovative electronic design to minimise heat creation within the unit – a challenge for a compact, slim terminal. Using state-of-the-art processors, and creative heat dissipation including the use of the support arm, means that none of the terminals require a fan for cooling. Features such as call alerts are implemented using LEDs – the only sound output from the terminal is via the attached headphones, optional telephone or mini loudspeakers.

About Imatis
Imatis AS provides innovative software solutions for the healthcare industry. Their main product suite IMATIS provides the IT foundation necessary to support advanced eHealth solutions and improved clinical processes. It brings together diverse technologies such as medical, communication, building control and IT to create a highly available real-time information environment that enables efficient, technology enabled processes, through integration. For more information, please visit: www.imatis.com

About JAOtech
JAOtech is a market leader in the design and manufacture of a world class, innovative range of embedded Smart Terminals™. JAOtech patient entertainment terminals are UL60601 compliant by design, and already over 4000 have been installed in hospitals worldwide in partnership with Lincor, Philips and other leaders. The company also addresses retail, education and industrial markets.

For further details please contact:
JAOtech, Perrywood Business Park, Honeycrock Lane, Redhill, Surrey, RH1 5DZ, United Kingdom, Tel: +44 (0) 1737 781060, Fax: +44 (0) 1737 789734
Email: sales@jaotech.com, web: www.jaotech.com.

Peter van der Sluijs
Neesham PR
peterv@neesham.co.uk
+44 (0) 1296 628180

Photo caption: Andreas Bjørneboe, Vice President Sales at Imatis and a JAOtech terminal with an integrated digital hospital system from Imatis.

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