An out-of-the-box solution to improve staff efficiency & enhance workflows EZtouch An introduction to the EZtouch workflow enhancement solution Copyright 2011, QBsoft Solutions, All Rights Reserved
Dec 12, 2014
An out-of-the-box solution to improve staff efficiency & enhance workflows
EZtouch
An introduction to the EZtouch workflow enhancement solution
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What is EZtouch ?
EZtouch
• Customizable touch-screen button stations
• Numerous applications, including; alarm buttons, status buttons, alarm display
• Complements any nurse call or alarm system
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Simple & Versatile
• Two sizes (2.8” & 4.3”) to suite different needs
• Includes sounder for audible alerting
• Full color graphical displays provide intuitive & attractive buttons
4.3” 2.8”
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Enhanced Functions
• IP66 water-resistance rated
• Integrated clean-me feature allows the touch-screen to be cleaned without the worry of generating unwanted alarms
• Enhanced alarms include built-in time-lapse displays to assist in providing better care
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Versatile & Easy Installation
• Ethernet and Addressable models to suite different installations
• Operate using dedicated power or PoE powered from the Ethernet cable
• Installs onto standard electrical boxes
PoE Network Switch
Cat.5/6Cat.5/6
Power Supply
Host PC
18/2
1Pr.
Loop up to 32 panels
Mix both types on the same system
Cat.5/6
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How Does EZtouch Work ?
A call is placed by pressing a button on an EZtouch panel
The EZcall system receives, logs, displays
and processes the event
EZcall dispatches the event to the appropriate staff
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EZtouch in your Facility
EZcall integration software routes alarm and alert
messages to output devices
Healthcare mobile devices provide
communications & can receive text messages
Nurse call devices allow patients to
call staff
Add EZtouch panels to allow staff to rapidly manage room turnover and report status’ to improve workflow and increase efficiency
Facility Network
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Why Use EZtouch ?
You select the buttons that will suite your needs and applications; make the system fit your requirements, don’t change your
processes to fit the system
You can create virtually any type of alarm or button
Use pre-made buttons to speed-up deployment
Create custom events or sequences
Enhance existing nurse call systems
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Why Use EZtouch ?
Improve room usage and throughput
Increase equipment usage
Reduce time wasted looking for other staff
Monitor & track workflow improvements
Automate tedious and repetitive tasks
Automate work/repair orders to reduce mistakes
Free your staff’s time for more important duties
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EZtouch Applications
The following screens show some typical applications where EZtouch
panels are generally used
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Hospital Operating Room
Indicate the current status of the O.R. to
other staff so that the nursing manager can
arrange schedules
Notify the PACU recovery room to
expect a patient soon
Immediately call the anesthetist back to
the Operating Room (no need to search for
where they may be)
Instantly alert the crash team of an urgent need
for assistance
Notify the PACU when an operation
is delayed
Automatically alert nursing staff for a need of additional supplies
Automatically notify housekeeping when an operating suite is
ready for cleaning
Track the efficiency of the cleaning staff
Allow the O.R. manager to reschedule when operations are delayed
The O.R. staff can be better managed when the location of staff is better known
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Hospital Emergency Room
Send a call or page to the patients
physician
Alerts the lab that a sample is coming
for testing
Requests the phlebotomist to do a blood draw
Alerts security personnel of an urgent duress situationSends a request for a
caregiver to assess the patients pains
Automatically notifies the IV
nurse to attend
Notifies a porter that the patient
needs to be taken for an X-ray
Alerts another physician to attend & provide a 2nd opinion
Notifies housekeeping that cleaning is needed
Sends a request for staff to bring a portable Radiograph machine
Notifies staff to bring an EKG machine to
this bed
Alerts staff that a patient advocate is
needed urgently
Alerts staff that immediate
assistance is needed
Notify admissions to admit this patient to a
MED/SURG room
Automatically alerts the code
blue crash team to attend stat
Calls RN to attend patient bedside
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MED/SURG Ward
Notify staff that the patient requests a meal or TV/movie entertainment
Track room status and automatically alert the appropriate staff of the different room states
Alerts nurse to respond to patient
pain
Notify care staff to bring pain medication
for patient
Notify transport staff to bring patient to
physical therapy
Track care staff rounds to automate
reporting
Indicate to other staff when a
patient is away for tests
Alerts staff that assistance is
needed urgently
Send a request for a nurse to attend the
patient bedside
Automatically notify housekeeping that cleaning is needed
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Maternity / Labor & Delivery Ward
Calls the OBGYN to attend because the mother is
about to give birth
Alerts the anesthesiologist to conduct the pre-anesthesia interview
Immediately notifies the code team that a baby is coding
and requires special attention
Alerts nursing that additional staff are required stat
Notifies care staff that the mother is requesting pain
medication
Immediately notifies staff that the patient requires an emergency C-section
Notifies housekeeping that the room needs cleaning
before it can be used again
Notifies the care staff that the room is currently being cleaned for use
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Centralized Switchboard
Automatically trigger pre-recorded voice announcements for
pandemic emergencies
Notify the E.R. to expect incoming
casualties
Instantly alert the appropriate crash team members of urgent code alerts
Manually dispatch housekeeping and
transport staff
Automatically announce requests
for IV nurse
Immediately notify maintenance of
critical loss of air
Customize any site specific notification
Instantly dispatch security to urgent duress and abduction alarms
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Clinics
Automatically alert cleaning staff to prepare
room for next visit
Indicate to other care givers which rooms
have staff present
Notify the nursing staff to take a blood sample
Indicate to physician that a patient is ready to be seen
Provide notification to other staff to not disrupt an interview in progress
Automatically notify reception of room availability
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Laboratories
Control & track acuity of lab requests
Track lab requests, and notify order taker when results are complete –
automatically alert order taker when results are available
Notify housekeeping when a cleaner is needed
Request consultation from order taker
Automatically notify purchasers' when additional supplies need to be ordered
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Meeting & Interview Rooms
Control room, meeting and interview status –
automatically display status to local reception
Locally control in-room environmental conditions
Audio and/or video recording start/stop control (if available)