Case study: Advanced healthcare training with AREC at SIMNOVA, Italy

Dear ADENA Partners, this time we have a case study from SIMNOVA, a centre for healthcare studies at the University of Eastern Piedmont in Italy. Completed by our distributor Prase Engineering, and integrators Tagliabue Sistemi and Tecnovox, the university’s setup ensures continuous 24/7 streaming from the operational rooms and automatic backup to Google Drive. Read how it was done below.

The Interdepartmental Centre for Innovative Teaching and Simulation in Medicine and Health Professions, known as SIMNOVA, was established several years ago at the University of Eastern Piedmont. Its mission is to conduct research in the healthcare sector, provide advanced training and related programs aimed at improving the quality of care, enhancing patient safety and minimisation of their health risks. To achieve these goals, SIMNOVA offers a wide range of courses in numerous subject areas, which are delivered in specially equipped simulation rooms. The university required an easy-to-use solution that could connect these rooms, record the operations, and upload them to cloud storage. Thanks to the efforts of our partners, the AREC Media Capture System was proposed and successfully implemented, along with audio systems from Shure.

There are a total of 6 simulation rooms at SIMNOVA, and AREC systems are utilised in all of them. Depending on the number of video inputs, a different AREC station is used for recording the operations. In rooms with 4 video inputs, the university uses LS-860 stations, while LS-300 models are employed in those with fewer sources. These stations capture audio and video content from various medical devices and microphone arrays, combine it with network camera feeds, and mix them into videos with custom layouts. In the control room, the operator can select any of these mixed Media Station streams and view them through the DS-X01 Media Decoder. This setup ensures continuous streaming from the operational rooms, and the graphical user interface (GUI) present on the DS-X01 lets the operator easily switch between different room views with a single touch.

LS-300 Media Station

LS-860 Media Station

DS-X01 Media Decoder

The chief technician responsible for the AV systems at SIMNOVA, Antonio Scalogna, shared the following regarding the installation:

With AREC, I can schedule each session and manage video recording backups in a highly flexible manner. Of course, I can also send the recordings to the instructors who conducted the simulations through Google Drive. Since the Center acquired AREC, I use it practically every day to fine-tune the streaming graphics and discover new features.

With the system in place, each training and simulation done at SIMNOVA is recorded and saved for further study and other purposes, ensuring that the goals of the university are achieved. Would you like to recreate this experience for your university? Reach out to us at www.a-dena.com, and we will be happy to discuss it with you.

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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.