Enterprise-wide connectivity extends continuous cardiac monitoring beyond the bedside, helping care teams support patient mobility, simplify workflows and manage alarms amid growing operational pressures
Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, today announced the introduction of an innovative telemetry platform designed to support continuous cardiac monitoring while helping healthcare professionals manage alarms and demanding clinical workflows. The platform includes the CE-marked Telemetry Monitor 5500, a lightweight, durable, patient-worn monitor with an intuitive touchscreen interface. It supports continuous monitoring for telemetry patients on the move, helping keep patient data secure while delivering clinical and operational efficiency.
Healthcare providers are balancing the need to support earlier patient mobility with the realities of ongoing workforce pressures. Early postoperative mobilisation is a core component of enhanced-recovery pathways and can support functional recovery while mitigating the effects of prolonged bed rest, while healthcare workforce shortages and retention challenges continue to affect health systems across the EU. The Philips telemetry platform helps address these challenges by combining a wearable solution that supports patient mobility with intelligent workflow tools, including streamlined alarm management and data-driven insights that empower confident clinical decision-making.
“We continue to hear how disruptive non-actionable alarms and repetitive tasks can be. This platform offers a truly connected solution built to optimize telemetry across hospital care settings,” said Șerban Isopescu-Weber, Leader of the Medical Equipment and Solutions Division, Philips Romania. “The combination of advanced clinical decision support tools, data-driven analytics, and secure monitoring empowers health systems to deliver better care while improving efficiency and addressing alarm burden.”
Through secure, enterprise-wide connectivity, the telemetry platform is designed to support:
· Simplified workflows with a compact, lightweight, wearable monitor and easy-to-use touchscreen that supports patient mobility during continuous monitoring.
· Data-driven decisions supported by retrospective monitoring insights that help care teams identify trends in alarm activity, patient deterioration, and telemetry utilization.
· Connected bedside coordination that supports more efficient bedside and mobile workflows within the hospital network for admissions, transfers, and wave strip capture that enable smooth patient transitions across hospital care settings.
The Philips monitoring portfolio connects patient information across devices and systems with innovative support tools, early warning scoring, custom algorithms and unique data visualizations.
Together, these capabilities are designed to give healthcare professionals greater visibility into patient information and support more efficient workflows. We exist to support clinicians with innovative, sustainable solutions that help deliver better care to more people.
