While no one could have predicted the impact COVID-19 would have on the US economy, people, and healthcare system, Americans have adapted remarkably well. That being said, no one knows what the future holds, which means we must be prepared for anything that comes next.

Symtech Solutions offers a variety of life-saving communication systems for the healthcare industry. From nurse call systems to digital whiteboards, our solutions can help ensure healthcare staff stay safe while caring for patients. Below, we’ll go over just a few of the ways your healthcare facility can prepare for a new COVID-19 wave. Contact us to get started today!

WAYS YOUR HEALTHCARE FACILITY CAN PREPARE FOR A NEW COVID-19 WAVE

Contactless Temperature Sensing Kiosks

With COVID-19 everyone is taking extra safety precautions to protect staff, patients, residents, and visitors. Symtech Solutions helped co-design a Contactless Temperature Sensing Kiosk. This kiosk can eliminate having staff manually screen people entering the building.

The kiosks will accurately take an entrant’s temperature to a third of a degree. From there they will receive a pass or fail depending on if their temperature lands within the predetermined range. After that, facilities have the option to have entrants to complete a questionnaire that some states require facilities to complete for each visitor.

These kiosks are efficient and cost effective. Multiple kiosks can be used throughout a facility and store the recorded data in one database. They are completely customizable and ready to fit your facility’s workflow. If these kiosks are no longer required after COVID-19, they can be repurposed as signs in kiosks, digital signage and more.

Digital Whiteboards for Telehealth

Whiteboards have been standard in most hospitals and other healthcare facilities for decades. These simple tools were used by all staff (doctors, nurses, and specialists) to communicate patient information. However, over time, these whiteboards begin to collect more and more information and are hard to clean without taking down other information.

Enter digital whiteboards. Digital whiteboards now can automatically update patient information from electronic health records. Whiteboards can be used at the nurse station to help organize staff, outside the patient room for quick precautions and information, and lastly inside the patient room to keep the patient and family informed. They save time and are much more efficient than their hand-written predecessors. Plus, patients love them because now they can see their assigned care team, upcoming tasks/ tests, learn about their diagnosis and use them for entertainment purposes.

Now, with the advent of COVID-19, doctors and nurses can now use digital whiteboards to talk to patients without having to enter the room through the digital whiteboards built in video conferencing. This is for simple communication obviously, but this helps to curtail the exposure of both the healthcare providers and the patients to each other and stop the spread of a disease or virus. Family and friends can use these as well to talk virtually without risking any exposure to the patient. Symtech Solutions is a pioneer in this area. Contact us today for more information on digital whiteboards for telehealth.

Nurse Call Emergency Deployment Kit

Nurse Call Emergency Deployment Kits can be a vital lifeline to hospitals and area healthcare communities that are receiving many patients at the same time, such as with COVID-19. Typically, nurse call systems use buttons that are installed near a patient’s bed or in the bathroom to be used when patient’s need assistance. The button is pressed, and a nurse responds to render aid. Our Acuity Rapid Deployment Kit is a wireless nurse call system that allows the healthcare facility to rapidly expand its number of patient beds, even into temporary facilities.

 These Nurse Call Emergency Deployment Kits were designed for ease of use. They require very little time to set up. They come with everything you will need, the system is pre-programmed with a small touchscreen server to receive the calls. These systems are becoming crucial to those hospitals and healthcare facilities facing an influx of COVID-19 patients. Symtech offers these amazing devices. Contact us to learn more!

RTLS for Contact Tracing and Infection Control

Technology is a wonderful tool, especially when it is used to help others. Symtech Solutions offers an amazing tracking system that is designed to track the spread of infectious diseases and viruses, such as COVID-19. Using Midmark’s RTLS (Real-Time Location Systems), tracks where each staff member goes within the facility. These help with contact tracing and improve staff workflow. This saves a ton of time in manual reporting and obviously saves others from being exposed from people who have been in contact with infected patients. Midmark has also created a way to keep track of staff members’ hygiene by keeping track of how many times a staff member washes their hands.

The way RTLS for Contact Tracing and Infection Control work is easy in a hospital or healthcare environment. Staff and patients wear RTLS tracking devices, which records where they go and who they encounter and when they wash their hands. All this data is collected and stored on servers in a confidential manner, protecting privacy. Should this data need to be accessed, it is just a matter of a few clicks. RTLS can be used on equipment and can be tracked as well. This amazing technology is being offered by Symtech Solutions. Contact us today to learn more!

Infection Control Keyboards

Long gone are the days where you would walk into a doctor’s office, and behind the front desk staff you’d see thousands of medical files in paper form. Now, every patient record is stored in electronic health records. This means that every patient interaction, test result, prescription, prognosis, and next appointment is made by touching a keyboard. As you probably know, keyboards are one of the dirtiest things you can touch. So how do you curb the spread of disease and novel viruses when you have to touch a keyboard?

 Infection control keyboards are sealed, liquid-proof keyboards that can be wiped down after every use. You can use any hospital-approved disinfectant, and they can be used by all healthcare facilities, including hospitals, medical clinics, dental offices, and even in patient rooms. They are comfortable to use and just as efficient. You can easily keep your cleaning agent nearby for easy access. This is one of the easiest ways to cut down on the spread of germs, including the COVID-19 virus, between healthcare providers.

CHOOSE SYMTECH SOLUTIONS FOR YOUR HEALTHCARE COMMUNICATION NEEDS

Symtech Solutions has been the leader in cutting-edge technology for the communication and life safety needs of the healthcare industry since 1982. We are dedicated to perpetually bringing you the latest in healthcare technology in order to meet the rapidly-changing needs of the healthcare industry. 

We serve major hospitals, nursing homes, as well as area hospitals in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, Washington, D.C., and northern Virginia. In addition, we offer wander management, infant security, and wearable panic buttons. We also are offering our Mimo Touch-free Temperature Screening Kiosks that can check the temperature of those entering your healthcare facility without having to touch devices, further helping reduce the spread of disease.

When it comes to COVID-19 and other infectious diseases, Symtech Solutions is ready to help your healthcare facility not only survive, but thrive. Contact our team to learn more today!