The challenge for AP-HP

AP-HP (Assistance publique – hôpitaux de Paris) is the largest university hospital in Europe, managing 39 hospitals with over 20,000 beds, 100,000 employees, and 13,000 physicians, providing a full range of specialties, from local care to advanced treatments for complex and rare diseases.
As a huge organization managing more than 700,000 orders per year, AP-HP, like many other administrative organizations, was looking to accelerate the digitization of its support functions to reduce persistent material flows in its business processes and thus optimize costs.

The challenge for AP-HM

AP-HM (Assistance publique – hôpitaux de Marseille) is the third largest university hospital in France, managing 4 hospitals, 3,400 beds, 12,000 employees and 2,000 physicians.
As a large organization, APHM manages a large number of paper records and private patient data.
To offer new, electronic services to healthcare professionals and patients, APHM wanted to reduce its persistent material flows and guarantee document integrity and evidential value through electronic signatures. In addition, APHM needed a solution capable of managing a large and ever-evolving volume of electronic documents.

The challenge for Siemens

HiMed Cockpit from Siemens is a successful multimedia terminal for the hospital bed. It “offers patients comfort in a new dimension” (Siemens website). With the HiMed Cockpit, patients can make phone calls, watch TV, surf the Internet, obtain information via a patient portal, use various applications and more. The integrated camera even enables a virtual visit to the hospital by relatives.

The HiMed Cockpit is also a great help for doctors and nurses. It can be connected to the hospital information system, allowing a doctor, for example, to view a patient’s medical record at the bedside. Thanks to smartcard authentication, the security of sensitive data is guaranteed at all times.

Middleware extension for Siemens HiMed Cockpit