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22 feb 2006 - 17:06
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Koninklijke Philips N.V.
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WORLD’S FIRST ‘AMBIENT EXPERIENCE’ CARDIOLOGY SUITE OPENS AT CATHARINA HOSPITAL IN EINDHOVEN, THE NETHERLANDS
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WORLD’S FIRST ‘AMBIENT EXPERIENCE’ CARDIOLOGY SUITE OPENS AT CATHARINA HOSPITAL IN EINDHOVEN, THE NETHERLANDS
Philips President and CEO, Gerard Kleisterlee, officially opens the world’s first Ambient Experience Catheterization Lab designed to improve physicians’ workflow and reduce patient anxiety
Eindhoven, The Netherlands – The Catharina Hospital in Eindhoven and Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) today opened the world’s first Ambient Experience Catheterization Lab (CathLab). The ambient experience design concept aims to improve the workflow of physicians considerably and reduce anxiety of heart patients undergoing catheterization. Initial tests show that the Ambient Experience design concept is leading to faster diagnoses, lower radiation doses and calmer patients.
In a hospital CathLab, doctors insert a thin, flexible tube or catheter in a heart patient’s blood vessel to allow access to the heart or blood vessels without major surgery. With the help of X-ray imaging, doctors can then examine and diagnose the patients’ blood vessels and/or heart. The ambient experience CathLab has been designed around the catheterization procedure to support medical staff and soothe patients during preparation, examination and post procedure.
Advantages for heart patients
Heart patients can be distracted from the CathLab procedure by choosing a favorite visual theme that can be viewed on LCD panels on the ceiling. The theme is accompanied by colored lighting that illuminates the walls and by a sound and scent that also represent the theme. All these senses together make the environment a comforting and calming atmosphere for the patient, reducing anxiety. The room is very clean since all cables and ceiling suspended materials are smoothly integrated in the design of the room.
Advantages for medical staff
The ambient experience CathLab also has special lighting that improves the physician’s workflow. Using diffuse light, any shadows or reflections on monitors
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