Olympus for Hospitals

Beyond emergency medical treatment and extended care, hospitals today must also provide a safe environment for patients and staff. This responsibility extends well beyond the traditional healthcare we expect from our hospitals in today’s world.

Healthcare facilities are vulnerable to bad weather or security threats; however, they are also a crucial component during disasters in treating victims and sharing critical information. It’s essential that lines of communication remain open between providers, their patients, and their families – and other healthcare facilities. Clear communications lead to actions when staff and family are alerted to upcoming events, such as discharge and admission dates, but also in a security crisis or natural disaster.

Olympus integrates a facility’s legacy security platform, surveillance cameras and access control systems with collaboration and unified communications tools into a hybrid-cloud architecture. That’s peace of mind for providers, patients, family members and administrators.

Netsync developed Olympus by first conducting in-depth research with community leaders to learn the scope of the challenge. Netsync then designed a cohesive network to link disparate systems together and selected solutions from Cisco and Singlewire Software to complete a specialized platform that ensures technology works together and automates workflows. Olympus integrated Cisco Unified Communications (UC) with Singlewire InformaCast, combining the industry’s best collaboration and VoIP solution with the leading mass emergency notification system.

And when those components work in concert with surveillance cameras, gunshot detection, access control systems, and automation, you have a solution that administrators, providers, and patients can rely on.

Example Hospital Lockdown Protocol

Recognize alert
Engage automation
Lock down hospital exterior doors and all hallways
Turn off all room lighting
Send notification throughout the hospital — annunciator, phone, text message, and email
Digital signage displays what to do

Turn on strobes/sirens
Lock down all patient and staff rooms
Display hospital map highlighting situation areas for administration
Notify law enforcement and provide external access to Olympus
Manage communications to all personnel throughout the incident

Beyond emergency treatment and extended care, hospitals today must also provide a safe environment for patients and staff. This responsibility extends well beyond the traditional health care we expect from our hospitals in today’s world.

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