Corporate Responsibility

Healthcare

Healthcare systems across the developed world, both private and public, are facing increasing pressures to provide quality patient care while managing budgetary constraints, rising healthcare costs and the demands of an ageing population. Our cutting-edge technology is helping to meet these challenges, bringing improvements across the entire continuum of care – from helping cut costs in complex supply chains to helping reduce errors in test results.

Using our mobile devices to scan a barcode, clinicians can access medical records and order tests from a patient's bedside. Information is instantly updated and always available, which ensures that the right patient receives the right medication at the right time. Even when on the move, doctors can remotely monitor a patient's vital signs and adjust medical equipment. The result is more effective, more efficient care and enhanced patient safety.

Here are some examples of how our technology is enhancing healthcare around the world:

• China’s Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital implemented a Motorola Solutions wireless medical system that delivers voice and data to handheld mobile computers used by medical professionals throughout the hospital. Patient histories, test results and even vital signs are reliably and instantly transmitted to doctors and nurses at the patient’s side. Ready access to accurate medical information leads to faster, better-informed treatment—and improved patient outcomes.
• At a multi-site hospital in the Midwest of the U.S., an aging analog two-way radio system was unable to support the communication needs of the growing staff. By switching to Motorola Solutions digital radios, healthcare providers and security officers can now communicate instantly and without interruption throughout the coverage area, improving safety and staff efficiency.
• At St. Andrew’s, the U.K.’s largest charitable provider of secure mental healthcare, the safety of staff and patients is a priority. By deploying Motorola Solutions' WiNG 5 wireless LAN architecture across its four campuses, the hospital can track staff protection devices in real-time, both indoors and outside, helping ensure everyone’s safety.

In the developing world, where the disease burden is greater and healthcare resources fewer, the pressures are even more acute. Our wireless broadband technology is helping fill healthcare gaps by connecting remote medical centers with main urban hospitals.

For example:

• Four remote clinics in South Africa’s Limpopo province are connected to the main hospital in the nearest city using our broadband equipment. The connection allows doctors to diagnose illnesses and instruct nurses remotely, enabling patients to receive treatment at local clinics rather than having to make the long journey, often on foot, to the main hospital.