Communication infrastructure for hospital

NEC and Zetacom will provide the communications infrastructure for Bernhoven Hospital in Uden, The Netherlands.

Bernhoven Hospital has decided to base the fully integrated telecommunications network for its site on NEC’s Integrated Communications 3000 solution. The system will provide communications between medical staff, between patient and medical care, and between central reception, outpatient clinics and patients/GPs.

The building marks the merger of two hospital organisations into one, while the number of locations grows from two to three.

Bernhoven Hospital sought a solution that was modular and scalable and could guarantee high availability. The system needed to offer nurse call functionality integrated with the mobile handsets, as well as extensive support for alarms and messaging.

Integration with the Philips CareServant bed terminals was an additional requirement, while the hospital also wishes to deploy teleconferencing, file sharing and video communications in support of efficient and interactive collaboration between the locations Uden, Veghel and Oss.

The all-in-one application supports efficient communication and personal reachability of the office staff, the various operator groups and the call centre. Integration with mobile handsets of medical staff ensures accessibility and collaboration including presence management and audio/video/IM conferencing.