Case Study: Italian hospital chooses AREC to boost its conferencing experience

Dear ADENA Partners, this time we have a healthcare case study from Italy. Thanks to the efforts of our distributor Prase Media Technologies and system integrator Engineering Solutions S.r.l., a private hospital started using the AREC Media Capture System for internal and external meetings and training.

This hospital is located in the capital of Italy, Rome, and is an entirely private institution. It is a leader in healthcare and technological innovation research, and offers high-level bespoke services, therapy and programmes for its patients. The hospital has multiple centres of excellence for different medical areas, including plastic and robotic surgery, endometriosis treatment, breast surgery, hand and upper limb rehabilitation, and spine and sports traumatology among others. When housing this many disciplines and experts, communication and training become paramount for success, and thus the hospital decided to create a conference and training room that would fully meet its needs.

In the picturesque rooftop conference room, our partners built a complete solution for internal and external meetings and training. AREC LS-2 Media Station is used to combine images coming from two CI-21H PTZ network cameras. The station is very useful in this scenario since it is used as a video mixer with customisable layouts, giving the staff the ability to present computer content with cameras, only cameras, use picture-in-picture, side-by-side, and other modes, and output a different layout on the second display. What’s more, AREC cameras come with inbuilt tally lights that turn on when recording is in progress, immediately notifying all attendees. The whole system is controlled via a small touchscreen control panel and gives users the ability to start recording, streaming, and to change everything about their image presentation in a matter of one click. The conference room is connected to two surgery rooms thanks to Atlona AV over IP solutions, whereas Shure, Biamp, and Renkus-Heinz products are used for audio processing and control.

With the newly designed and technologically advanced conference room, meeting and training have never been easier for the hospital. Do you have a similar project idea in mind? Contact us at www.a-dena.com and we will be happy to discuss it with you and find the right solution together.

Text: Anastasia Yakimenko

Case Study: ARECare making telemedicine possible for NTUH Hospital

Dear ADENA Partners, this time we are sharing a healthcare case study accomplished with ARECare in Taiwan. The National Taiwan University Hospital (hereafter NTUH) requested an advanced telemedicine solution that combines features of AREC devices and industrial videoconference.

NTUH is one of the oldest hospitals in Taiwan and employs more than 6000 staff in its main location in the capital of Taiwan, Taipei. It is a trusted and well-established institution with multiple branches in the city, focusing on different medical disciplines, and it is also present in other cities like Hsinchu.

Similar to other hospitals in the country, NTUH had to deal with an increased demand for medical consultations and appointments since the start of the pandemic. Realizing that traveling for appointments carried an elevated risk for the safety of patients and other people, NTUH decided to meet the increased demand by applying new advancements in telemedicine and the branch in Hsinchu was selected for trialing them.

We offered to create an ARECare solution for the hospital - a combination of software and hardware approaches that can meet the project needs by customization. Specifically for NTUH, we devised a conferencing app for phones, tablets, and computers that has a number of unique features, including the incorporation of vital security features, integration with the hospital patient database, selection of video sources, annotations, and compatibility with other existing systems of the hospital. You can see how this solution works in practice by watching the following clip.

After the successful trial, NTUH decided to adopt ARECare for the Hsinchu branch and is now looking to implement it in other branches as well. Would you like to know what other solutions can be created with ARECare? Let us know in the chat on www.a-dena.com and we will be happy to assist you.

Case Study: AREC in Senegal Medical Simulation Centre

Dear ADENA Partners, we are excited to share a case study from the Medical Simulation Centre of Cheikh Anta Diop University.

LCS Technodidac (ADENA's partner in Senegal) designed a multifunctional recording and live streaming practice surgery room that is now used by the university to train future medical workers of Senegal.

Cheikh Anta Diop University is one of the biggest higher education institutions in Senegal and in West Africa in general, with about 60,000 students enrolled. It is known for its diverse range of programs, including various medical disciplines. This year the university decided to improve the training facilities for aspiring surgeons and announced a tender to outfit more than a dozen practice surgery rooms with top-of-the-line AV technology for recording, streaming, and visualization of medical and educational content. Our Senegalese partner LCS Technodidac proposed AREC solution and the university, satisfied with its performance, agreed to install it throughout the medical simulation center.

The main element of AREC solution for the university is LS-300 Media Station - it is a 3 channel device capable of mixing, switching, recording, streaming, and backing up all audio and video material. One of the defining features of this station is how convenient it is to use - users can control the system in any way that is comfortable for them. In the case of the medical students in the simulation center, their preferred way of control is via the interactive graphical user interface or GUI for short. This method gives students access to all main features, including changing layouts, editing their video live, initiating recording and streaming, taking snapshots, exporting complete videos to USB drives and even allowing them to control cameras’ PTZ movement just by using a standard computer mouse.

In terms of video sources for the station, the university uses CI-T21H auto-tracking cameras - these are professional PTZ cameras with IR tracking technology, ensuring that users don’t need to operate the cameras manually. To provide a different perspective, sometimes one of the cameras is swapped for A-VC01 VersaCam - an HDMI and USB camera with auto-framing and 4K mode. Depending on the lecture requirements, medical readings are either recorded from a connected computer or from medical devices directly.

Having fully met their expectations, the university now plans to set up AREC systems in other facilities of the medical department. Are you also looking to install a professional recording and streaming solution for your institution? Reach out to us at www.a-dena.com and we will be happy to assist you.

Text: Anastasia Yakimenko