Oneview Healthcare PLC (“Oneview”) (ASX:ONE) the Australian-listed Irish healthcare company, today announced that University Hospitals (UH) of Cleveland will deploy its interactive patient engagement and clinical workflow solution at UH Cleveland Medical Center, UH Seidman Cancer Center, UH Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital, UH Ahuja Medical Center, UH Geauga Medical Center and UH Richmond Medical Center to help improve the patient experience across its not-for-profit health system.
For patients and their families, the Oneview platform delivers an immersive bedside experience that activates and engages them in their care. The Oneview solution leverages modern technologies like IPTV streaming entertainment services with an intuitive user interface to provide patients with real-time information about their treatments and conditions. The Oneview platform provides point-of-care access to IT systems through a variety of end-user devices, including bedside terminal, TV, tablet and smartphone.
For administrators, the flexible, open architecture lets them leverage existing infrastructure and consolidate functions so they can maximize value from existing investments. It combines clinical data from EHR vendors such as Allscripts, with data from systems providing nurse call, alert management, building management, real-time location services and more to enable hospitals to improve patient engagement, clinical workflows and communication.
“University Hospitals is committed to continually advancing innovation in health care,” said Thomas F. Zenty III, Chief Executive Officer, University Hospitals. “Oneview helps us engage our patients in their wellness by streamlining and simplifying their access to information about their care. We believe that patients who are informed and active in their healthcare achieve better outcomes.”
“We are delighted to embark on this new partnership with UH,” said Mark McCloskey, Founder of Oneview. “Their foresight regarding the importance of patient experience now and in the future, is testament to their commitment to outstanding care and service. We are honored to be part of the futuristic long-term vision UH is beginning to build today.”
About University Hospitals / Cleveland, Ohio
Founded in 1866, University Hospitals serves the needs of patients through an integrated network of 18 hospitals, more than 40 outpatient health centers and 200 physician offices in 15 counties throughout northern Ohio. The system’s flagship academic medical center, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, located on a 35-acre campus in Cleveland’s University Circle, is affiliated with Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. The main campus also includes University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital, ranked among the top children’s hospitals in the nation; University Hospitals MacDonald Women’s Hospital, Ohio’s only hospital for women; and University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center, part of the NCI-designated Case Comprehensive Cancer Center. UH is home to some of the most prestigious clinical and research programs in the nation, including cancer, pediatrics, women’s health, orthopedics, radiology, neuroscience, cardiology and cardiovascular surgery, digestive health, transplantation and urology. UH Cleveland Medical Center is perennially among the highest performers in national ranking surveys, including “America’s Best Hospitals” from U.S. News & World Report. UH is also home to Harrington Discovery Institute at University Hospitals – part of The Harrington Project for Discovery & Development. UH is the second largest employer in northern Ohio with 26,000 employees. For more information, go to UHhospitals.org.