Exchange – Medical data
The large volume of knowledge circulating in the health care sector can lead to a complex and cumbersome information flow for specialists. The challenge in health care is to filter specific data out of this huge flow of knowledge in order to optimise work processes and achieve optimum patient-specific treatment.
We focus on the automation of the following types of knowledge management in health care:
- Knowledge recorded in a protocol to produce unambiguous documentation, reporting in accordance with protocol;
- Knowledge recorded in a directive in order to make a certain decision and/or judgement, decision support (standardisation);
- Knowledge recorded in a protocol to define an unambiguous working method (workflow management);
- Unrecorded knowledge held by experts. When an expert leaves the company/institution, how do you prevent his or her knowledge also leaving (knowledge retention)?
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When people communicate knowledge, they often use a whiteboard or sheet of paper to represent their thoughts graphically. When this knowledge is recorded in a computer system, however, it is turned into ‘computer code’ and as a result, the medical experts do not recognise their knowledge anymore. Long specification processes are required to record the knowledge before the implementation procedure can be developed. Only in the test phase or when seeing the final result is the expert able to check whether or not everything is correct. This should and can be done differently.
In order to record knowledge and use it efficiently, we use the Decision Support System (DSS) developed by our our American partner LogicNets. The architecture of the LogicNets system, which is based on web technology, offers a visual design environment to model knowledge in the shape of decision trees.
Protocols, directives and the thoughts of specialists/experts are brought to life during the modelling, meaning that the expert is able to immediately see the end result and verify whether or not the solution is correct. The dialogue with end users can thus begin right at the start of the process. Programming becomes modelling and communicating.
The strong point of LogicNets’ decision support system is that it can be properly integrated into your product thanks to the newest web technologies and a strong integration engine. (IHE/DICOM/HL7/…)
From knowledge to medical product
Thanks to the combination of knowledge in the field of certification (CE/FDA), information security (NEN 7510/7512), usability and the exchange of medical data with the LogicNets Decision Support System, we are able to develop your medical “knowledge” product in a very short time. Naturally, ICT is ISO 13485 certified.
Improve – Industrial processes
Improve your industrial process, save cost and increase quality. ICT’s decision support solution LogicNets structures your Big Data and uses this to optimize and improve existing processes. The result? A higher return rate.
CASE of a car company: “On an annual basis we had to refinish a large number of our vehicles because the paint appeared to be somehow “polluted”. We had no idea how this happened, but on a yearly basis it took us millions of dollars annually. We started to analyze our data using LogicNets to search for the failure. Almost to the minute we were able to find out when and where the error occurred. It was very easy to solve, and we could come up with a solution that improved the process and avoided fault recurrence. The end result: significant cost savings and quality improvement”
Predict – Technical support decision engine
Secure your companies expertise with ICT’s decision support solution LogicNets. You will gain less dependency and improve your knowledge level via a structured method to guarantee legitimacy of your organisation. Your win? Faster processing of complaints, your company growing in the number of experts and specialist thanks to optimal knowledge sharing resulting in ultimate customer satisfaction.
LogicNets provides support in capturing data and delivery of structured information and turns this necessary knowledge into the form of digital manuals or tutorials. This secures a faster but also a more accurate handling. Collaboration with your experts is of great importance to realize improvements already in the implementation phase of the project. ICT’s decision support solution LogicNets improves processes, reduces errors, and brings down the processing time while maintaining or even improving quality.
Prevent – EHS & Risk management
Generate calamities documentation and reports in order to support an eventual evacuation process and limit consequential damages. Without doubt, increasing safety is the biggest win.
Safety, high on the agenda of companies, schools and government agencies such as cities and towns. ICT’s decision support solution LogicNets can be used to limit damages. How? By having emergency services use the right equipment at the right place. By integrating different systems that these services use, it is possible to make a composite report and notify the necessary and desired services. Generate single reports for each type of emergency as fire needs a different approach than water overload or a fracture gas pipeline.
Platform
The LogicNets platform lets healthcare organizations enforce quality and streamline processes at the most critical point in their workflow. The benefits extend to the full range of stakeholders in the radiology process. The integration of the G2 Speech software within the LogicNets platform makes it a revolutionary solution for the radiology department. This solution will provide the radiologist with a combination of structured reporting, which will result in retrievable and reusable data, and a more efficient working process. The LogicNets platform will enable the radiologist to record their reports, whilst the software structures, controls and validates the recorded data.
Contact
For Germany, please contact our representative: CIS SOLUTIONS GmbH
www.cis-solutions.eu