Cisco Cisco Patient Connect 1.5 Release Notes
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Cisco Patient Connect Release Notes
Cisco Patient Connect Release Notes
New Features and Enhancements
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Improved ease of use: The Patient View TV app’s navigation has improved.
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Screen casting: Care team staff can screen cast their mobile devices from anywhere in the hospital
to the Patient View TV app in a patient’s room. For 1.5, Android devices are supported.
to the Patient View TV app in a patient’s room. For 1.5, Android devices are supported.
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Track patient physical presence: CPC’s integration with Centrak’s Real-Time Location Systems
(RTLS) enables care team staff to view whether patients are in-room or out-of-room. When patients
leave their rooms, the departure times as well as their expected return times are displayed in the Care
Team View app.
(RTLS) enables care team staff to view whether patients are in-room or out-of-room. When patients
leave their rooms, the departure times as well as their expected return times are displayed in the Care
Team View app.
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Incident handling: CPC-generated escalations are handled via Cisco Instant Connect call groups.
This enables interoperability among multiple forms of communication including Push-To-Talk
(PTT) radios, mobile phones, IP phones, etc. and allows hospital staff to participate in multiple talk
groups at the same time via an IP network. Instant Connect is integrated with CPC workflows thus
enabling the CPC administrator to configure escalations of workflows so that a request for assistance
is sent to all staff members of a talk group. Those members would receive that request on all of their
communication devices to ensure that they made aware of the request and can act immediately.
This enables interoperability among multiple forms of communication including Push-To-Talk
(PTT) radios, mobile phones, IP phones, etc. and allows hospital staff to participate in multiple talk
groups at the same time via an IP network. Instant Connect is integrated with CPC workflows thus
enabling the CPC administrator to configure escalations of workflows so that a request for assistance
is sent to all staff members of a talk group. Those members would receive that request on all of their
communication devices to ensure that they made aware of the request and can act immediately.
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Occupancy reporting: CPC keeps track of the total number of admitted patients as well as the
number of endpoints for each room type.
number of endpoints for each room type.
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Ability to assign videos and track progress for CPC Base: Tracking is done at the room level without
EMR integration.
EMR integration.
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Customizable workflows: Workflows within CPC can be customized for many of the EMR events
as well as patient requests. CPC administrators can create new business workflows or customize
pre-defined workflows to control how each patient event, such as a request or a discharge, is handled
in CPC (e.g. trigger a notification, escalate to a particular staff type, etc.).
as well as patient requests. CPC administrators can create new business workflows or customize
pre-defined workflows to control how each patient event, such as a request or a discharge, is handled
in CPC (e.g. trigger a notification, escalate to a particular staff type, etc.).
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Analytics support: CPC tracks the Educational, Entertainment, and Relaxation content that patients
are watching and generates lists to show the trends. The lists rank videos and TV channels from the
most popular to least popular. Also generated is a list of videos that patients had questions about
after viewing. The trends and rankings can be viewed at the global level, department, floor, or room
and bed.
are watching and generates lists to show the trends. The lists rank videos and TV channels from the
most popular to least popular. Also generated is a list of videos that patients had questions about
after viewing. The trends and rankings can be viewed at the global level, department, floor, or room
and bed.
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Improved maintenance and monitoring capabilities: CPC administrators can choose from multiple
ways to views logs, capture performance metrics, and troubleshoot common scenarios (e.g. patient
name does not match room number). In addition, CPC administrators can use the monitoring tool to
carry out actions (e.g. send notifications, run scripts, etc.) when trigger or discovery events occur
with CPC. CPC administrators can use the pre-defined operations, conditions, and scripts or define
their own.
ways to views logs, capture performance metrics, and troubleshoot common scenarios (e.g. patient
name does not match room number). In addition, CPC administrators can use the monitoring tool to
carry out actions (e.g. send notifications, run scripts, etc.) when trigger or discovery events occur
with CPC. CPC administrators can use the pre-defined operations, conditions, and scripts or define
their own.
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CPC integration with Cisco Smart Licensing enables customers to leverage Cisco Smart Licensing,
a software inventory management system that simplifies license registration, gives customers
transparency into which licenses they have purchased and are using, and provides real time
information on upcoming license needs such as shortages.
a software inventory management system that simplifies license registration, gives customers
transparency into which licenses they have purchased and are using, and provides real time
information on upcoming license needs such as shortages.
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Improved high availability, uptime, and scalability: Additional instances of certain CPC services can
be added in order to scale up as well as add redundancy.
be added in order to scale up as well as add redundancy.
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Enhanced security: A multi-layered defensive approach is integrated into the design, design review
process, software development, and testing phases thus ensuring product security.
process, software development, and testing phases thus ensuring product security.