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Introduction
Bernoulli is a unique product that provides caregivers with
the ability to access and use data from multiple medical
devices for both real-time analysis and remote alarm
management. As the reality of a fully connected hospital gets
closer, the importance of medical device data being
incorporated into existing hospital information systems(HIS)
and Electronic Medical Records(EMR) systems is coming to the
forefront. Thus from a workflow perspective, Bernoulli is able
to populate patient records digitally, saving countless hours
of previously manual processes.
What is Bernoulli?
At the core of Bernoulli is a central station monitoring
system for hospital clinicians that is technology-neutral,
allowing multiple bedside devices from different manufacturers
to be connected and monitored simultaneously. Bernoulli is a
set of software modules introduced in October 2002 that has
gained rapid acceptance because it is vendor neutral, with an
open architecture. To date, over 125 device interfaces have
already developed, enabling various hospital units to simply
plug and play with their existing devices.
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What is Bernoulli
Enterprise?
Bernoulli Enterprise is what we call our complete connectivity
solution. We take our services further by looking at the
device types you intend to monitor and designing a solution
that fits your needs. Everything from capturing the data to
delivering the data to existing systems via HL7.
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Who uses Bernoulli?
Currently in use at over 400 locations in the United States,
Bernoulli is used by leading institutions such as Duke
University Medical Center, and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer
Center in New York City. More specifically, respiratory
therapists can use Bernoulli for Ventilation Management, while
trauma centers and ICU units can use Bernoulli for pain
management (Oximetry, EtCO2, and Vital Signs Monitoring).
Hospital IT staff will quickly understand the benefit of
Bernoulli's HL7 data exchange, while physicians can utilize
the waveform dashboard to analyze patient trends in real-time,
either at the workstation or remotely.
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How does Bernoulli
work?
For most device types, a client bridge is attached to each
device to transmit patient information to a central
workstation. Once activated, remote patient monitoring begins.
The system can be setup with smart alarms based on thresholds
that each caregiver determines for each situation. For
example, if a RT is monitoring a patient on a Puritan Bennet
840 ventilator, he may want to be immediately notified either
by pager, on screen alarm, or audio alarm (or all 3) if the
patient's low minute volume alarm is violated.
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What is a typical
Bernoulli installation?
Cardiopulmonary Corp. provides complete project support to
carry the deployment of Bernoulli from inception to completion
as seamlessly as possible. Our goal is to handle all the
details for you, with a project team built from our Service
and Support department, our Engineering department,
Manufacturing department and Training Department. We develop
the timetable and installation plan required to complete the
project, and then we follow through with the plan. A typical
Bernoulli project will include a site survey, network design,
equipment configuration (validation and testing), onsite
installation, training, and post implementation support.
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Does Bernoulli
require it's own network?
Working with the appropriate staff in your organization, we
will design the Bernoulli network to work within your facility’s
infrastructure while providing optimal Bernoulli software
performance. We can take advantage of existing networks or we
can install our own network in order to complete the
deployment. Bernoulli can be deployed on either a wired or
wireless network.
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What devices does
Bernoulli work with?
Currently we have over 125 device interfaces already
developed. For a complete list, click here.
This means that most of the mainstream medical devices being
used today are monitored. Our goal with Bernoulli is to be
technology-neutral, allowing us to connect to any device from
any manufacturer. If we do not currently support a device in
your hospital, let us know and we will work with you to
support it.
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Is there Bernoulli
training available?
Our training personnel will work with your hospital staff to
develop and schedule a training program for the use of the
Bernoulli software.
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