• Philips delivers patient monitoring, cardiac ultrasound and image guided therapy solutions to Canada’s largest heart health center
• Solutions-based approach to support the hospital in working to better understand, treat and prevent heart disease.

Amsterdam, the Netherlands – Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology has delivered a broad range of health technology solutions to the University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI) - Canada’s largest and foremost heart health center dedicated to understanding, treating, and preventing heart disease. On Friday, March 23, the hospital celebrated the grand opening of their expanded state-of-the-artcardiovascular care facility that will meet the demands of delivering outstanding cardiovascular care to a growing and changing patient population.

This new expansion will contain all life support services, including operating rooms, interventional suites and a Cardiac Surgery intensive care unit, providing greater capacity and efficiencies and will support the advanced and rapidly changing technologies required to care for patients with the most complex medical needs.

In collaboration with hospitals and health systems, Philips aims to leverage advanced technology, coupled with deep clinical and consumer insights, to deliver solutions that improve people’s health and enable better outcomes across the health continuum. The company’s work with the hospital is a perfect example of its solutions-based approach, providing innovative technology into many areas of the Heart Institute’s 145,000 square-foot tower.

Image-guided therapy solutions
Seven of the ten labs will feature Philips newest technology in Canada – Azurion combined with intravascular ultrasound and clinical informatics – for performing a range of cardiac interventions. Azurion is a next generation image-guided therapy platform that features a state-of-the-art ergonomic design, with an easy-to-use touch screen intuitive user interface enabling clinicians to confidently perform a wide range of routine and complex procedures in the cardiac interventional labs and to provide superior care to patients.

Azurion also features an enhanced flat-panel detector, and Philips’ newly developed ConnectOS for the seamless integration of real-time information from all relevant technologies in the interventional lab. All of these components work together to deliver high image quality at ultra-low X-ray dose and real-time image processing on multiple work spots within the cardiac interventional suite. Parallel working enables the team of clinicians to complete different tasks simultaneously in the interventional lab, saving valuable time without compromising quality of care.

Patient monitoring solutions
In addition to these image-guided therapy solutions, Philips has provided the UOHI’s new Cardiac Surgery intensive care unit with a new patient monitoring network consisting of 22 Philips IntelliVue MX800 and central surveillance stations. This gives healthcare providers a holistic view of their patients’ status, allowing them to make more informed decisions at the point of care.

“The University of Ottawa Heart Institute is thrilled that the time has finally come to introduce our next generation, state-of-the art expanded facility that will enable us to continue providing world-class cardiac care for patients and families of the Greater Ottawa Region and beyond,” said Dr. Thierry Mesana, President and CEO, The University of Ottawa Heart Institute. “We strive to deliver high-tech care with a personal touch, shape the way cardiovascular medicine is practiced, and revolutionize cardiac treatment and understanding – and we could not do this without having access to the newest and most innovative health system technological solutions available.”

“At Philips we look beyond technology and into the experiences of patients, providers, caregivers across the entire health continuum,” said Iain Burns, President & CEO, Philips Canada. “Our work with The University of Ottawa Heart Institute is a fantastic example of how we aim to understand the needs of our customers, so that we can offer a flexible business partnership that promotes a smooth working relationship, so that the hospital can focus on what matters: advancing the health of patients in their community.”

As a leading innovator in cardiovascular care, Philips has focused on delivering integrated solutions comprising of interventional imaging systems, smart devices, software and services – that the company put together with its partners, like the UOHI, to solve a particular problem. In this way, Philips actively addresses the opportunities for healthcare providers to help improve patient outcomes and productivity.

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Philips enhances point-of-care ultrasound with Reacts platform for remote collaboration and virtual training.

• Industry-first integrated tele-ultrasound solution breaks down barriers for care providers – from clinicians, teaching institutions, medical students and residents to EMS personnel, disaster relief organizations and hospitals with satellite clinics
• Enables remote collaboration and virtual training through face-to-face conversation along with simultaneous viewing of live ultrasound images and guided probe positioning

Amsterdam, the Netherlands and Quebec, Canada – Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, in partnership with Innovative Imaging Technologies (IIT), today announced an industry-first integrated tele-ultrasound solution based on Philips’ Lumify portable ultrasound system and powered by IIT’s Reacts collaborative platform. This innovation connects clinicians around the globe in real time by turning a compatible smart device into an integrated tele-ultrasound solution, combining two-way audio-visual calls with live ultrasound streaming. This innovation in point-of-care ultrasound brings endless possibilities to its users both inside and outside hospital walls.

With this intuitive, easy-to-use integrated system, clinicians can begin their Reacts session with a face-to-face conversation on their Lumify ultrasound system. Users can switch to the front-facing camera on their smart device to show the position of the probe. They can then share the Lumify ultrasound stream, so both parties are simultaneously viewing the live ultrasound image and probe positioning, while discussing and interacting at the same time. In addition to clinicians seeking virtual guidance, Philips Lumify with Reacts is a valuable tool for teaching institutions, medical students and residents, emergency medical service providers, disaster relief providers and hospitals with satellite clinics.

“By combining exceptional mobility and reliability, Philips Lumify with Reacts will open up new doors for the way clinicians collaborate, educate and train,” said Randy Hamlin, Point-of-Care Business Leader, Philips. “This all-in-one tele-ultrasound solution will enhance care delivery by bringing even more confidence to ultrasound clinicians and removing longstanding barriers in education, support and training.”

Breaking down barriers in a wide range of care settings
Lumify with Reacts can help advance patient care by bringing experts into an ultrasound exam anywhere in the world:
• A professor can go on virtual ultrasound rounds with students, helping them learn anatomy and probe positioning quickly and efficiently, unrestricted by location.
• A doctor can consult a colleague and receive expertise and guidance using live streaming ultrasound.
• A midwife in a remote location can call upon an obstetrician in a different location to receive perspective and guidance, discussing the ultrasound exam as if they were in the same room.
• An emergency medical technician in an ambulance can stream the live ultrasound exam and discuss a patient’s condition with an emergency department physician, expediting care delivery upon arrival.

“Philips was the ideal partner for this revolutionary collaboration. Reacts’ secure, versatile and interactive collaboration platform deployed on technology solutions like Philips Lumify can change education and patient care models and enable a positive disruptive change to healthcare,” said Yanick Beaulieu, MD, CEO and founder of IIT. “For years, clinicians in the field have been trying to piece together systems that offer real-time, interactive tele-ultrasound capabilities. Now it has truly arrived.”

Philips is a leader in ultrasound solutions with a large global installed base and strong track record of industry-first innovations in areas such as 3D imaging of the heart, quantification tools driven by Anatomical Intelligence, and ultra-mobile, portable ultrasound solutions. Philips’ ultrasound portfolio supports the effective and efficient delivery of care across a broad range of clinical specialties including radiology, cardiology, point-of-care and OB/GYN.

Experience Lumify with Reacts at AIUM 2018
Customers interested in learning more about Lumify with Reacts, which is available globally everywhere Lumify is sold, can visit: www.philips.com/lumifywithreacts. Stop by the Philips booth #1108 at the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM) Annual Convention, in New York City, from March 24-28, to experience Lumify with Reacts and the latest innovations from Philips Ultrasound. Follow @PhilipsLiveFrom and @PhilipsLumify for updates throughout the conference.