Company Details
Established in 2005, Huaxia Hospital is a large-scale grade A tertiary hospital with 1,200 beds. It has a professional medical team and advanced medical equipment. The hospital has over 20 clinical and medical technology departments including internal medicine, surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics, emergency, oncology, etc. The outpatient visits exceeded 1 million person-times in 2020.
Products Used
In 2021, Huaxia Hospital purchased two models of KT series PDA products from our company for mobile information management in various departments, including:
- KT-KP18 Smart PDA: This is a 5.5-inch Android-based smartphone PDA that supports wireless connections like 4G, WiFi, Bluetooth. It has a built-in barcode scanner and NFC module for quick information collection, suitable for use by medical staff.
- KT-V510 Printing PDA: This model adds a 58mm thermal printing module, which can print self-service tickets, test reports, medication labels and other documents, more suitable for complex business scenarios.
Vertical
The KT-KP18 handheld computer is mainly utilized in hospital and lone working environments like healthcare by the clients . It offers scanning, management and communication capabilities to enhance work efficiency and safety.
Application
Huaxia Hospital uses our PDA products for mobile information management in key departments, with main application scenarios including:
- Ward Management: Medical staff use PDA to collect bedside patient information, scan electronic medical record QR code, check medication against prescription, and upload patient treatment status.
- Pharmacy Management: The pharmacy uses PDA for the whole process monitoring of medicine warehousing, acceptance, dispensing, requisition, etc. Scanning the medicine barcode enables accurate inventory checking. It can also print medicine labels and other documents.
- Medical Technology Management: Medtech staff use PDA to collect patient identity information, classify specimens by scanning sample barcodes, and upload test results to the hospital information system via PDA.
- Emergency Management: The ER uses PDA to scan patient ID, collect condition info, execute treatment instructions, monitor vital signs and upload rescue data, ensuring emergency response efficiency.
The Challenge
During the PDA adoption, Huaxia Hospital also faced some issues:
- Irregular device maintenance led to higher failure rates of PDAs.
- Delayed data sync between PDA and the hospital information system, resulting in outdated data.
- Some users were not proficient at using PDA, causing data errors or omissions.
The Solution
Regarding the above issues, our company and Huaxia Hospital took the following measures:
- Provide comprehensive PDA device maintenance services, shorten failure response time, reduce failure rates.
- Upgrade hospital wireless network devices to ensure real-time PDA data transmission.
- Provide full training for medical staff and long-term technical support to guide standardized PDA use.
MDM Software Application
To better manage mobile devices, Huaxia Hospital also adopted our self-developed MDM (Mobile Device Management) software platform.
The MDM enables centralized registration, configuration, monitoring and management of hospital PDAs with functions below:
- Device Registration: Batch PDA binding, identifying device uniqueness for access control and configuration distribution.
- Device Configuration: Unified deployment of hospital applications and customization of PDA usage parameters to ensure terminal performance.
- Device Monitoring: Remote monitoring of PDA operation status, network status, usage, etc. to prevent misconduct.
- Device Management: Remote control of PDAs, such as location, locking, data erasure, to ensure batch security management.
- Device Update: Remote firmware upgrade deployment, patch push to maintain information security.
With the MDM introduction, Huaxia Hospital achieved precision management of all PDA terminals, ensuring stable and safe mobile medical application operation.
Results
The PDA application achieved significant results in Huaxia Hospital:
- Medical quality improved by 60%, reducing diagnosis and treatment errors.
- Medical efficiency increased by 70%, shortening outpatient average visit time by 30%.
- Patient satisfaction rose by 80% with remarkable increase in favorable rates.
With the PDA and MDM solutions, Huaxia Hospital has comprehensively enhanced its medical service capabilities.