University of Michigan Health System Selects Connexall for Enterprise-wide Integration at New Facility

Boulder, Colorado, September 13, 2011—The University of Michigan Health System has selected Connexall USA as its system-wide integration platform to connect clinical alarm and alert data from medical devices to communications devices, wireless phones and pagers for its new 348-bed C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital and Von Voigtlander Women’s Hospital. The goal of the solution is to improve workflow and data analytics, while reducing noise levels, strengthening care delivery and enhancing the patient experience.

“Moving from a facility where numerous beds were in a single room to a much larger facility where beds are now separated into multiple rooms, we anticipated needing a new system for nurses and clinicians to communicate,” said Loree Collett, associate hospital administrator and operational lead for the C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital and Von Voigtlander Women’s Hospital expansion project. “After reviewing several systems, we found Connexall was the only vendor-neutral technology that offers clinicians access to a broad array of critical alerts at the point of care.”

The hospital enlisted Connexall to evaluate its workflow and decision support, creating a two-way information exchange between all medical devices, beds, nursing stations and mobile phones. As a result, its clinical team has been able to reduce noise levels of alarms and alerts and improve response time to patients needs.

“In our initial stages of implementation, Connexall has already demonstrated its ability to improve collaboration within and across departments – no matter the location of patients or staff – and we are enthusiastic about its impact on the long term success of the facility,” said Collett

In addition, Connexall integration technology allows clinicians to access critical data, review the types of alerts they receive, run reports to meet regulations and adapt workflows to improve facility performance. The solution has the ability to quickly route and escalate alarms from virtually all classes of manufacturers and vendors, including electronic health records, smart beds, heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems and radio frequency identification (RFID) monitoring chips.

“As the industry moves to a new model of collaborative care, we understand the pressures providers are under to improve workflow and access key analytics, while also keeping a close eye on patient satisfaction,” said Mary Baum, chief healthcare officer of Connexall. “The team at University of Michigan recognizes the importance of connectivity and communication across the care continuum, and we’re pleased to have played a key role in their mission to develop one of the most patient-conscious facilities in the country.”

Connexall’s implementation at University of Michigan’s C.S. Mott Children’s and Von Voigtlander Women’s Hospitals is already being implemented and is expected to go fully live in November.

About the new University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital and Von Voigtlander Women’s Hospital
The University of Michigan C. S. Mott Children’s Hospital is consistently ranked as one of the best hospitals in the country. It was nationally ranked in all 10 pediatric specialties in the U.S. News Media Group’s 2011 edition of “America’s Best Children’s Hospitals,” including third in the country for heart and heart surgery. In November, Mott moves to a new 1.1 million square feet, $754 million state-of-the-art facility that will be home to cutting-edge specialty services for newborns, children and women. The new complex will also be home to the new Von Voigtlander Women’s Hospital, offering high risk pregnancy services, specialty gynecological service and 50 new private labor, delivery and recovery rooms.

About Connexall USA, Inc.
Connexall USA, Inc. is the leading developer of a hospital-wide interoperability engine that empowers disconnected people, tasks and devices across the care continuum. Its capabilities act as a backbone for enterprise workflow, facilitating the critical exchange of actionable health information at the moment it matters. Based on more than 20 years of R&D efforts, the software connects to a broad range of clinical, IT/facilities systems and communication devices.

Headquartered in Boulder, Colo., Connexall works with more than 600 hospitals and health systems, including some of the world’s most renowned and progressive organizations, such as Johns Hopkins, Oklahoma Heart Hospital, Mount Sinai Hospital and The Disney Cancer Center. Its parent company, GlobeStar Systems Inc™, was founded in 1992 and shares corporate offices in Canada and Portugal. For more information, visit http://www.connexall.com.