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日本光電 Life Scope patient monitors networking
In this record we reviewed the QP-988P P-988P and QP-983P NIHON KOHDEN software for installing in a IIS Web Server and explain their difference.
| QP-983P Net Konnect is a IIS Web Server Software |
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| providing remote access to Central Nurse Stations |
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The gateway program QP-983P (Net Konnect) allows remote access to the real-time clinical monitoring network linking NIHON KOHDEN Life Scope patient monitors to central nurse stations (installed in a hospital). As only the central monitors are equipped to respond to remote access commands, remote interaction with the patient monitors is not possible.
The
software program, unfortunately, cannot be installed inside the PC unit of the Central Nurse Station; it must be installed using a separate stand-alone server PC unit which will incur higher cost and space requirement to provide the connectivity compared to
competitors.
It
makes no difference using the latest CNS-6201 Central Nurse Station,
the same limitation applies. Life Scope monitoring used to also insist
independent server just to install the HL-7 gateway software (QP-993)
but the now-discontinued software was so old that it was impossible to
find the server PC with the required old OS version for it to work. In
CNS-6201 Central Monitor a simplified version HL-7 gateway software can
be installed for the first time in a Central Nurse Station and that made
history.
Above image shows how a remote laptop (or desktop PC) accessing the Net Konnect Gateway Server through the Internet using a web browser. The Net Konnect Gateway PC Server has a separate network link to the real time patient monitoring network which has the Central Nurse Station.
All individual beds monitored by each Central Nurse Station can be selected and its historical data such as Trend Graph/ List, Hemodynamic List, Arrhythmia Recall List, ST Recall, Full Disclosure, 12-lead ECG etc. can be retrieved for display remotely on the laptop screen.
Note the information are retrieved only from the Central Nurse Station's storage, and not from the bedside monitor. This means information available only on the bedside monitor but not on the Central Nurse Station cannot be retrieved.
To protect the Central Nurse Station from unauthorized access, dialing in using a VPN router is mandatory.
Within the hospital, if the real-time clinical monitoring network can be accessed, a simple Net Konnect LT software (QP-985P) can be installed in a windows PC or laptop to access the Central Monitor. It is important the accessing PC should not load and downgrade the real-time network.
The simple QP-985P Net Konnect LT software appears to be able to access each bedside monitor directly, but it only captures the live screen without being able to retrieve any storage data, which is not helpful in assessing a patient's situation.
| Alternative gateway for ios devices |
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Instead of the QP-983P Net Konnect gateway software, an alternative IIS Web Server can be installed using QP-988P Unified Gateway software instead.
This alternative allows assessing the Central Nurse Stations using an Apple iPhone or iPad for remote access to the Central Nurse Stations; the iPad or iPhone can download the ViTrac app from Apple's App store to access any installed Unified Gateway IIS Web Server. A demonstration mode is available to better evaluate its usefulness.
Note the Vitrac app is only available for the Apple iOS but not the Android operating system.
This alternative allows assessing the Central Nurse Stations using an Apple iPhone or iPad for remote access to the Central Nurse Stations; the iPad or iPhone can download the ViTrac app from Apple's App store to access any installed Unified Gateway IIS Web Server. A demonstration mode is available to better evaluate its usefulness.
Note the Vitrac app is only available for the Apple iOS but not the Android operating system.