The Importance of Time in Healthcare

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The Importance of Time in Healthcare
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Spectracom Overview

• GPS Time Synchronization experts
• Leader in Public Safety markets
• Global company, Rochester, NY based
• Flexible responsive
• Renown for service
• ISO 90012000 certified
• Over 15,000 customers

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Time Synchronization Solutions Network
Applications require precise, accurate stable
Time Frequency Generation and Distribution
Higher Education
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4,500 Emergency-911 Centers500 US Commercial
Airports FAA
ADT Alstom Ameritech Amtrak Apple Computer ATT B
F Goodrich Bechtel Bell Bellagio
Boeing Brokerage America Burroughs Carolina Power
Light Carrier CBS Chase Manhattan
Bank Chevron Chicago Stock Exchange Chrysler Citib
ank Comp USA Compaq Computer Cray Research CSX
Corporation Deutsche Bank Dictaphone Dupont ETrad
e Group E-bay EDS Enron Exxon Federal
Express Fluke Ford Motor Company

• GE
• Glaxo
• Harris
• Hewlett Packard
• Honeywell
• HP
• Hughes
• IBM
• J P Morgan
• Learjet
• Lockheed
• MCI
• Merrill Lynch
• Motorola
• NCR
• Nielsen
• NIST
• Nokia
• Northern Telecom

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Current Issues in Healthcare include

• Networks, systems, medical devices, and wall
  clocks display and record different times.
• No certainty of start/end times for events,
  tasks, etc.
• Without accurate time for Electronic Healthcare
  Records (EHRs), you are vulnerable to potential
  litigation
• Error-prone manual clock-time setting

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What You Do Not Want To See in Your Facility

• Physical Security system has 122229
• Display Clock reads 1216
• Which one is right ??

(A medical centers Public Safety Center)
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What can Time Synchronization do to Improve
Healthcare Operations?

• Accuracy of records assured treatments,
  procedures, time of birth/death, etc.
• Legally traceable time supports credibility and
  consistency for EHRs, log files, audit trails,
  digital signatures.
• Enhances interoperability for all networks,
  systems, and devices, as well as between
  agencies.
• Provides regulatory compliance and best
  practices, reduces liability.
• Fully automated, eliminates manual resetting,
  automatic DST adjustment, behind your firewall.

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Credible, Consistent EHRs

• Certification Commission for Healthcare IT
  (CCHIT) All electronic health and security
  records are synchronized with UTC time and
  NTP/SNTP protocols when a NetClock is employed
• Health Level 7 (HL7) - NetClock provides full
  compliance to the accuracy, security, and
  manageability of this standard
• Chest Pain Accreditation Accurate Coordination
  of times between EMS, ER, Cardiology, and Cath
  Lab ensures the best results for cardiac arrest
  patients
• JCAHO standard IM 7.8 NetClock provides legal,
  authenticated date/time stamps for medical
  records
• FDA 21 CFR Part 11 Accurate time-stamped audit
  trails supported by NetClock

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Continue the string of Traceability

• NetClock can provide
• Legally Traceable Time from the moment the
  patient enters the hospital
• 911, EMS, Police, etc all provide this time, up
  until the patient is brought into the hospital.
  Continue the string of traceability by
  synchronizing the hospital network, systems,
  equipment, displays, etc so that your records
  can be admissible in a court of law.

4,500 9-1-1 Dispatch Centers rely on Spectracom
for accurate time
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Synchronized Healthcare Facility
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At this time please open the NetClock WiSync
flash video presentation See how it works - view
a 2 min demonstration. This was either emailed
previously to you, or can access via this
website http//www.spectracomcorp.com/ProductsSe
rvices/TimingSynchronization/SynchronizedClocksTim
eDisplays/NetClockWiSyncWirelessClocks/WirelessClo
ckDemonstration/tabid/807/Default.aspx
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NetClock Wireless Mesh Network Clock System
Incorporates 900MHz Frequency-Hopping technology
that

• Provides a Clear Signal in any facility and
  campus environment
• Each Display is a receiver and transmitter
• No FCC license required
• Eliminates interference issues
• Battery operated for total wireless solution

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How it Works
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NetClock Time Server/master clock Model 9389

• Front Panel
• LEDs indicate Power, GPS status
• Inside
• 12-channel GPS receiver
• Stratum 1 NTP Server

• Back Panel Timing Outputs
• 10/100 BaseT Ethernet port
• NTP timing
• Network management
• (1) Console Port
• (1) RS-485 Output
• (1) RS-232 Output
• (3) Alarm/Event Contact Relays

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Some Healthcare Facilities using NetClock for
their Time Synchronization Needs

• Anne Arundel Medical Center
• Washington Hospital
• St Luke's Hospital
• Mount Nittany Medical Center
• Serenity Lane Health
• Alberta Cancer Center
• Luther Midelfort
• Community General Hospital
• Melbourne Internal Medicine
• DCH Regional Medical Center
• University Hospital
• St. Elizabeths Hospital - Dept of Mental Health

• Cleveland Clinic/Hillcrest
• EMH Regional Healthcare
• Scott White Memorial Hospital
• Los Alamitos Medical Center
• St. Elizabeth Community Hospital
• St. John Pleasant Valley Hospital
• Cook Childrens Health Care System
• North Mississippi Healthcare
• Evanston NW Healthcare
• Chelsea Community Hospital
• Crestwood Medical Center
• Memorial Herman Baptist Hospital

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Quality Process, Quality Results

• ISO 90012000 certified in 2002.
• We call and survey every 20th customer
• Results for calendar year 2009
• My order was delivered in-full and error
  free (95 Yes)
• The products features met my needs (100 Yes)
• Product setup was flawless (100 Yes)
• I would recommend Spectracom (100 Yes)
• In-bound help desk calls
• 85 of the issues are closed on the first call
• 95 closure after one follow-up call

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Support Services
Website httpwww.spectracomcorp.com Offers
Complete Library of Downloadable Application
Support Materials Area Dealer (contact
Spectracom for a Full-service Dealer offering
Sales, Installation Integration,
Service/Maintenance) Tech Support ph
585-321-5800 - techsupport_at_spectracomcorp.com
Technicians average 10 years experience in
timing systems
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• SPECTRACOM
• for ALL your
• Time Synchronization needs.