ARMONK, N.Y., Oct. 4, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Thomas Jefferson
University Hospitals Inc., three facilities with more than 900
acute care beds and part of Jefferson Health in Center City,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is
working with IBM (NYSE:IBM) to launch cognitive hospital rooms
powered by IBM Watson Internet of Things (IoT) designed to enhance
the patient experience and help bring deeper levels of
personalized, agile and responsive care to its patients. Jefferson
is currently planning to deploy speakers in some hospital rooms,
providing patients in those rooms with access to basic information,
as well as more control over their surroundings to help make their
stay more comfortable.
According to The Physician's Foundation, 81 percent of
physicians describe themselves as either over-extended or at full
capacity, while only 19 percent indicate they have time to see more
patients. Moreover, physicians spend 20 percent of their time on
non-clinical paperwork. Now, with the ability to interact
with in-room speakers that are connected to the IBM Watson IoT
Platform, patients can take control over their hospital stay and
the overall experience -- operating lights, window blinds, asking
questions about hospital facilities or even getting background
information on their physician.
"Being in a hospital can often be a hectic, anxiety-ridden, or
even intimidating experience for patients and their loved ones. If
we can minimize that discomfort, even a little, we are doing a lot
to increase the well-being and care of our patients," said
Neil Gomes, Vice President for
Technology Innovation and Consumer Experience at Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health.
"Thanks to our visionary President and CEO, Dr. Stephen Klasko, we are able to invest in new
innovations like the Watson IoT-powered speakers to give our
patients the ability to interact in natural language to get basic,
but important, information about their hospital visit without
having to buzz in for a nurse."
The in-room speakers will be connected to the IBM Watson IoT
Platform that taps IBM Watson cognitive computing and natural
language capabilities, as well as provides the ability to easily
access hospital data that is relevant and important for patients
and the types of questions they typically may have about their
hospital stay.
For example, patients can request information (i.e.: "When can
my brother visit me on Tuesday?" or "Tell me about my doctor"),
request specific actions (i.e.: "Play waterfall music," or "Make
the room warmer or cooler"), trigger actions (i.e.: "Remind me to
get up and walk every four hours"), and have an interactive
dialogue with the speaker (i.e.: "Conduct a survey and record the
responses for my nurse"), which can help make a patient's hospital
stay more comfortable, relaxed and enjoyable.
About Jefferson:
Jefferson, through its academic and clinical entities of
Thomas Jefferson University and
Jefferson Health, is reimagining health care for the greater
Philadelphia region and southern
New Jersey. Since its mergers with Abington Health and Aria
Health, Jefferson now has 23,000 people dedicated to providing the
highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients,
educating the health professionals of tomorrow, and discovering new
treatments and therapies to define the future of care. With a
university and hospital that date to 1824, today Jefferson is
comprised of six colleges, nine hospitals, 32 outpatient and urgent
care locations, and a multitude of physician practices throughout
the region, serving more than 96,000 inpatients, 363,000 emergency
patients and 1.9 million outpatient visits annually.
About IBM Watson Internet of Things:
For more information about IBM Watson IoT, visit:
www.ibm.com/iot
Media Contact:
Hanna
Smigala
IBM Media Relations
1-203-512-5497
Smigala@us.ibm.com
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