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Providing a 15-minute device check-up outside the hospital to lower contamination risk and increase capacity
IHS has developed a drive-through solution to provide pacemaker and internal cardiac device (ICD) check-ups while reducing the number of in-hospital visits and relieving the pressure on space and resources.
Learn how IHS supported one of the leading hospitals in the Netherlands in providing pacemaker/ICD check-ups while lowering the risk of contamination, reducing the number of in-hospital visits by 90%, and eliminating patient backlog inherited from the 1st COVID-19 wave – seeing a total of nearly 300 patients outside the hospital over a two-week period.
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Download the Case StudyHelping providers ensure they have adequate hospital capacity when needed and flexibility to quickly adapt to the ever-changing situation.
Medtronic IHS is currently offering the Capacity Centre, a comprehensive solution that helps providers become more agile and efficiently adapt to patients changing flow.
It includes:
Learn how we help hospitals maximise their capacity and make the best use of their available resources. Read also how we supported the cardiology department at a large teaching hospital in the Netherlands sustain its Cath Lab volumes during the COVID-19 crisis and thereby avoid long wait lists for patients.
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Download the ArticleGiving cardiology patients immediate access to all diagnostic procedures in a single visit. Our comprehensive and fully managed cardiology diagnostic centre provides patients with a one-stop diagnostic experience that reduces time to first appointment, shortens diagnostic wait times, and lowers diagnostic costs for hospitals.
This one-stop concept is especially valuable during COVID-19 as it helps alleviate patient fear about interacting with the healthcare system, while reducing instances of deferred care, and assisting hospitals in refilling their patient pipeline.
Learn how our turnkey solution supports hospitals in managing patient backlogs, optimising Cath Lab utilisation, and freeing up resources to provide intensive treatment for more complex cases.
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Read the WhitepaperManaging Cath Labs and operating rooms for efficiency, cost savings and growth.
Medtronic IHS provides an integrated service offering to establish and support management of leading-edge cardiovascular departments, including:
Our managed services are ISO certified* and built on our expertise in optimising and operating Cath Labs and operating rooms for more than 200 hospitals.
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We establish long term partnerships with leading institutions across EMEA to help them improve efficiency and provide high-quality patient care. Discover our stories:
Discover how IHS supported the Heart+Vascular centre at the Maastricht University Medical Centre in its journey towards operational excellence by enhancing its capacity, decreasing the number of cancelled surgeries and improving OR utilisation without additional resources.
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Download the case studyLearn how IHS supported the leading Dutch hospital in gaining thirty minutes per day per Cath Lab in just five months and in treating 15% more patients with no increase in resources.
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Download the case studyDiscover how IHS partnered with the leading Dutch hospital in optimising surgical planning process, increasing capacity and improving access to care.
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Download the case studyEnabling same-day-intervention and discharge in a cutting-edge setting.
Medtronic IHS has developed CardioLounge - a comprehensive out of the box solution to drive Same-Day-Discharge (SDD) for cardiology patients.
CardioLounge enables:
See how a cardiology department at a large teaching hospital in the Netherlands increased capabilities to treat an additional two patients per day at the day ward and freed up 50% of cardiac intervention beds on a short-stay ward without additional resources.
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Learn more about CardioLoungeLearn how our turnkey solution supports hospitals in increasing ICU efficiency, optimising patients and staff pathways and improving infection control.
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Learn more about the Turnkey SolutionGet Ready® is a digital health solution that connects patients and clinicians to enable care coordination and management. It’s a highly flexible solution as it can be:
Get Ready® helps hospitals and healthcare professionals to assess, monitor and triage COVID-19 patients following an emergency department visit or conventional hospitalisation, thus freeing-up resources, lowering the risk to be exposed to COVID-19, and optimising utilisation of critical resources.
Discover how the neurosurgery department of the Amiens University Hospital in France increased the number of patients’ same-day admissions by 33% and decreased patients’ length of stay by -1.3 days without additional resources.
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Download the case studyINCAP=INtegrated CAre Program is an integrated solution for the remote monitoring of diabetes patients aiming at optimising their entire care pathway.
Through analytics and a service centre, it offers triage and exclusive services, to provide insights to HCPs, allowing them to deliver information and therapy advice to patients, remotely.
INCAP enables clinical teams to:
Learn more about INCAP here or contact us via rs.incapenquiry@medtronic.com
Learn how our digital collaboration platform helps medical teams manage social distancing, reduce exposure to infectious patients and improve remote decision-making.
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Download MedCom InformationThe impact of COVID-19 on AF treatment: Challenges and potential solutions.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, elective procedures such as AF ablation were cancelled or postponed. As a consequence, many hospitals experienced a huge backlog of AF procedures. Explore concepts and practices that might help you to reduce your AF patient waiting list in the COVID era.
See how the Arctic Front™ Cardiac Cryoablation Catheter System can benefit electrophysiologists, hospitals and patients.
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Learn about our services and solutionsAs with many other hospitals, the St. Joseph's-hospital in Wiesbaden, Germany experienced a considerable backlog of AF procedures. To overcome this backlog and reduce the waiting list for AF procedures, Prof. Ehrlich and his team decided to dedicate a row of cryo days early in June 2020. For these days, they increased the case capacity from the usual 6 up to 10 and scheduled 27 patients within three days.
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Read the Case StudyWatch the expert panel discussion featured by Radcliffe Cardiology to learn about ways to improve the efficiency of the Medtronic cryoballoon ablation workflow, optimise staff support, and implement same-day discharge.
The following resources on hospital capacity and efficiency have been collected from healthcare organisations, consultancies, and other industry experts.
ISO 9001:2015 certification for design and construction turnkey, medical equipment turnkey and material management services.
Medtronic FocusOnSM Monitoring Service is provided by Medtronic Monitoring Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Medtronic.
Certification provided by Cardiovascular Credentialing International
L.E.K. Consulting is a global management consulting firm that uses deep industry expertise and rigorous analysis to help business leaders achieve practical results with real impact. The firm advises and supports global companies that are leaders in their industries — including the largest private and public-sector organizations, private equity firms, and emerging entrepreneurial businesses. For more information, go to http://www.lek.com.
Advisory Board, a membership-based consulting firm that provides best practices and strategic insight to nearly 5,000 health care organizations, is making its COVID-19 research and webinars publicly available to help you navigate the crisis via its COVID-19 Resource Page. Medtronic is a subscribing member of Advisory Board’s syndicated research programs COVID-19 Resource Page.