Products & Solutions
Herron Hill

Converged technologies enhance the healing environment, and support security and operational efficiency

Renowned children's hospital embraces technology to change lives for the better

Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC is renowned for its outstanding clinical services, research programs and medical education. Named to the U.S. News & World Report’s Honor Roll of America’s “Best Children’s Hospitals” for 2011-2012 and again for 2012-2013, Children's helped establish the standards of excellence in pediatric care.

                                                                         

Opened in May, 2009, the hospital embraces the Johnson Controls® Technology Contracting™ model to leverage clinical, business and building systems, and infrastructure design to positively impact clinical care. The facility is among the first fully digital hospitals in the country and, with its unprecedented level of integrated technology, Children's is helping to change the lives of children for the better, through: 

 

  • Enhanced patient care: Integrated nurse call, patient monitoring and wireless phone systems mean alerts and patient vitals can be sent directly to caregivers’ phones for a more timely response. All voice and paging calls from clinical and building systems are routed directly to wireless devices, virtually eliminating them from the public address system, which makes for a quieter, less stressful healing environment.

 

  • Reduced human error: The campus-wide wireless data network enables access to centralized electronic medical records, imaging, bio-medical equipment, prescription writing and other clinical and non-clinical applications across all venues of the hospital campus. This allows staff to work and access information in a consistent manner, and make decisions no matter where they are.  Plus, the move to electronic records has nearly eliminated the need to store paper records, so the associated administrative resources can be used elsewhere.

 

  • Improved patient, visitor and staff safety: The Johnson Controls P2000 security management system serves as an integration platform for systems like video surveillance, patient/equipment locator, visitor management, fire alarm and elevator controls, and allows for the creation of different zones for access and egress privileges at nearly 800 doors.

 

Children's director of facilities and construction, Elizabeth Munsch, says operationally, the hospital is a more productive and efficient institution because of the systems integration. “We’re managing 1.6 million square feet of space here, most of which is critical space. The integrated systems we have in place allow us to operate the entire environment of care smoothly and effectively."

                                        

Read more about the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC story.

 

Learn more about how Technology Contracting from Johnson Controls can help you reduce infrastructure and system duplication, minimize risk and create a better, smarter, more productive enterprise environment.

INSTITUTE FOR BUILDING EFFICIENCY

Read What's New for IBE:

Banner - Make Your Building Work Calculator

Our easy-to-use Energy Efficiency Calculator lets you estimate energy cost savings, improve productivity, and reduce carbon emissions through building improvements.  

90675

Learn more about how

Johnson Controls creates patient centered care environments that help doctors cure and hospitals prosper.   

Visit us at
ASHE PDC
February 24-27, 2013
Moscone Center,
San Francisco, CA
Booth #600

Enhancing the Healing Environment
Suppliers Contact Site map Social Media Privacy Terms of use Feedback
© 2013 Johnson Controls. All rights reserved.