Royal Philips has entered a partnership with Epic for integrating its cardiac monitoring and diagnostics services suite with the latter's diagnostics suite Aura.
This move aims to provide the comprehensive cardiac care portfolio available through Aura.
The integration is expected to enhance interoperability between Philips' technologies and Epic, facilitating improved diagnostic processes and patient results.
With the integration, health system IT teams will be able to witness a reduction in the time required to engage with Philips.
This would enable provider organisations to order and review the ECG results of patients directly within Epic, eliminating the requirement for manual work and data entry.
The streamlined process is designed to improve workflows for providers and support care decisions.
Philips ambulatory monitoring and diagnostics business leader Stefano Folli said: “Together, Philips and Epic can help enable workflow efficiencies that lighten cardiac care teams’ load, so they can spend more time focusing on what matters most – providing direct patient care.”
The partnership between Philips and Epic also aims to simplify administrative tasks by automating staff notifications, patient activation, and charting.
This could provide cardiology teams with more time to focus on direct patient care.
Epic cardiology and imaging diagnostics vice-president Leah Johnson said: “When a physician prescribes a cardiac monitor, it allows patients to be evaluated for heart conditions as they go about their daily lives, even before they see a cardiologist.
“Through this collaboration, we’re streamlining the clinical experience for both patients and physicians, reducing administrative overhead and ensuring that detailed diagnostic reports are readily available in the patient’s comprehensive health record.”
Philips' ambulatory portfolio includes remote monitoring along with enterprise ECG management solutions.
Earlier this year, Philips and Massachusetts General Brigham collaborated to develop and deploy AI and advanced data infrastructure.
