M2M : Machine 2 Machine

Siemens has a product that pro-actively manages and monitors the remote system to to ensure greater system uptime…

Siemens Medical Solutions Service Division has added a new product to its already expansive portfolio of services. Remote CardiacIT Administrator, available on syngo® Dynamics Server or Acom. Net, is a server maintenance package that proactively ensures servers stay up and running, sparing cardiology facilities from costly downtime.

Servers require regular and consistent monitoring, especially mission-critical systems like the Acom. Net and syngo Dynamics servers because unaddressed problems can proliferate and compromise stability. Remote CardiacIT Administrator is a proactive, weekly monitoring solution that is manned by Siemens-certified technical engineers. They review system status events for application and server hardware errors, trends or potential problems with non-archived patient data, helping to avoid issues before they occur.

“With the Remote CardiacIT Administrator, Siemens Medical Solutions can remotely delegate many routine maintenance tasks. It allows us to further improve the uptime of our syngo Dynamics and Acom.Net servers for our cardiology customers,” said Randy Hill, vice president, Siemens Medical Solutions Service Division. “This solution offers a tremendous value in terms of saving administrator time and improving system stability.”

On a weekly basis, Siemens-certified engineers will check for administration errors; archive device and media log errors; perform remote repairs when possible; and notify customers when they need to take action. Additionally, the Siemens engineers can dispatch on-site service technicians if a remote fix is not possible.

The Remote CardiacIT Administrator service is available on any Acom.net server or syngo Dynamics server. It works with those servers in conjunction with a Siemens Medical Solutions cardiac catheter lab.

Siemens provides proactive leading-edge diagnostic imaging technologies, including integrated solutions for interventional cardiology, nuclear medicine and echocardiography. syngo Dynamics is a multi-modality, dynamic image review, picture archiving and communications system (PACS). It enables evidence-based reporting to help improve the efficiency of clinical procedures for cardiology and general imaging.

St Judes has announced FDA certification of their M2M Patient Device monitoring applications. This goes to show the the widespread adoption of M2M type services that is possible in the future. More about the press release -

St. Jude Medical, Inc. recently announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of the Merlin.net Patient Care Network, (PCN), an Internet-based central repository for patient device data that enables physicians and clinicians to connect directly to their patients’ stored device data at any time, from anywhere, that Internet access is available.

Merlin.net PCN collects data from implant procedures, remote transmissions and in-clinic follow-up sessions. With immediate access to patient information through the secure Merlin.net PCN website, physicians can monitor and assess patient device data and determine the level of care needed remotely. Patients can send data directly to physicians using Merlin.net PCN from the comfort of their own home via the currently available Housecall Plus portable transmitter. Merlin.net PCN supports all currently marketed Atlas and Epic family implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) and cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT-D) device families in the United States.

In addition, Merlin.net PCN is a centralized storage system that allows data to be sent directly to a clinic’s or hospital’s electronic health records (EHR) system. The ability to transfer device data from Merlin.net PCN to an EHR system, where a patient’s comprehensive medical history is stored, may enhance patient safety by providing physicians with all pertinent medical information in one location to aid their decision making.

The Merlin.net system adheres to the patient privacy standards and requirements for the electronic transmission of health information, as set forth by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). At the clinic, only assigned users have access to password-protected patient data, which is encrypted during transmission and backing-up of data.

St. Jude Medical is the first cardiac rhythm management company to complete a testing process established by the IHE (Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise), an initiative promoting the adoption of standards that enable healthcare information to be shared seamlessly across clinical settings.

“With Merlin.net PCN, St. Jude Medical offers a comprehensive patient care network that can be made available to any of our U.S.-based Atlas and Epic family ICD and CRT-D patients and their physicians,” said Michael J. Coyle, president of St. Jude Medical’s Cardiac Rhythm Management Division. “Our adherence to industry connectivity standards for remote monitoring and data sharing provides an efficient environment that will advance the management of patient care both in and out of the hospital setting.”

Frost & Sullivan selected Tridium, Inc. as the recipient of the 2007 Frost & Sullivan Industry Innovation & Advancement of the Year Award in the North American building automation systems market.Tridium’s ground-breaking open-systems protocol framework integration gives manufacturers a universal platform in which they can develop Internet- enabled equipment systems and device-to-enterprise applications.

The vast capacity of Tridium’s Niagara Framework(R) has enabled the company to serve customer segments beyond traditional building control. These include telecommunications, medical equipment, industrial, M2M, convergence retail and the highly anticipated security controls platform.

“Niagara Framework(R) integrates diverse systems and devices, regardless of manufacturer or communication protocol, into a unified platform that can be easily managed and controlled in real time using a standard web browser,” says Frost & Sullivan Research Analyst Jorge Moreno. “This framework is an extensible platform that supports the rapid development of a wide range of device-to-enterprise applications and provides many benefits in a variety of customer applications.”

Wavecom one of the companies that is aggressively pushing into the M2M market has announced set of new services that shorten your M2M deployment cycle. In essence Wavecome will provide you the channel to get remote access and data collection capabilities using it’s suite of products. As I have mentioned in previous articles – Getting connectivity is part of the puzzle – The challenge is extracting valuable information out of the data collected from your asset. This responsibility lies with the OEM who know’s his or here equipment and way it is being used. Wavecom does a great job of providing the necessary end to end connectivity solutions that will allow you to focus on the elements that are unique to your M2M Application.

 

Wavecom has announced the launch of a new service where customers can develop or enhance their own wireless systems in areas like after-sales repair, preventative maintenance and new product feature updates. Wavecom’s new Remote Device Management Services (or RDM Services) complements its Wireless CPU, Wireless Microprocessor and Open AT Software Suite portfolio.

According to Wavecom, this service makes it possible to easily and cost-effectively monitor and update products in the field, remotely via a complete, secure, turnkey, end-to-end operated service. Equipment manufacturers and service providers can save significant time and expense by running remote diagnostics, upgrading their own applications and core wireless firmware, add new features or follow evolving standards.

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Fleet owners are turning to wireless GPS to provide them with information on what their trucks are up to helping them cut the amount of time vehicle engines are left idling

By collecting real-time data with GPS wireless technology, fleet owners can closely manage this behaviour. Real-time information – including idling time, fuel consumption, driving speeds, vehicle location and employee work time – enables business owners to make informed decisions about driver performance, customer service and efficient routing.

The combined solution from KORE Telematics, North American provider of wireless GSM services for the machine to machine (M2M) market, and InSight USA, who provide GPS tracking services for fleet management lets companies locate its drivers at any given moment, from coast to coast in North America.

“In our work with many fleet managers, we regularly receive feedback that the use of intelligent vehicle tracking has had a noticeable impact on their operations – many citing an increase in their productivity by at least 10% and a reduction their operating costs by more than 8%,” said John Eller, president for InSight USA.

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