Merian Iselin Hospital, pioneer in the implementation of NEC's MTD solution

NEC's MDT room solution has enabled Merian Iselin Hospital to improve communication with patients. And this has been possible thanks to the MultiSync X841UHD and MD322C8 monitors, that function as diagnostic displays and provide more accurate assessments from different angles and viewing distances.

NEC Display Solutions has introduced an MDT room solution (Multi-Disciplinary Team) to help make more accurate diagnoses by allowing professionals to access and review important clinical information when making treatment recommendations.

the hospital Merian Iselin for orthopedics and surgery is one of the three largest private healthcare centers in Basel (Swiss) and where the greatest number of knee and hip surgeries are performed. The radiology department is the nerve center of this institution, where image reports are created for external and internal doctors. More than 20.000 Radiological examinations were carried out in 2014.

This has been the first hospital to implement NEC's MTD solution to improve communication with patients and share information more efficiently.

for this hospital, quality and experience are the most important criteria for success in the field of medicine, where the focus is on the health of each individual. As Dr. Thomas Egelhof explains, senior radiology doctor at Merian Iselin, communication and discussion between patients and doctors is crucial to achieving success.

“Modern medicine is a team effort. Everything works better if the results can be evaluated and discussed with the doctors involved and the patients.. For this purpose, image visualization is key. It has to allow it to be viewed from different angles and distances in the room to carry out and obtain a deep analysis”.

Traditional diagnostic monitors fell short of expectations as they are too small to be used by large groups of people gathering around them.. And large format screens did not offer the quality and resolution required for these applications., did not show the level of detail and precision of colors and nuances necessary.

Merian Iselin Hospital was looking for a solution that would meet resolution requirements, color quality and signal processing in UHD quality. And to respond to these needs, it opted for the NEC MultiSync X841UHD monitors for conference rooms and MD322C8 from 31,5 inches and 8 megapixels.

These devices function as diagnostic displays and meet the requirements for MDT solutions., since they have 4K UHD resolution, color accuracy and signal processing. This equipment allows the Merian Iselin hospital to offer more accurate assessments from different angles and viewing distances, something fundamental for group diagnoses.

in the hospital, the NEC X841UHD from 84 inches has a screen that measures more than two meters diagonal and has Dicom mode to analyze x-rays in the medical conference room.

Thanks to the high brightness of the screen, images are still stable, regardless of ambient lighting. Besides, in surgical interventions, the monitor does not make any audible sound, therefore, concentration is not affected, even in large groups. Thanks to the wide variety of connection options, A wide selection of playback sources is possible.

For your part, the MD322C8 healthcare display, which has an 8MP screen, used as input monitor for radiologists. The two screens can be completely cloned to provide exceptional image quality and not lose any data or visual detail.

Images remain stable, regardless of the ambient light in the room and reflections thanks to its matte surface.

El software Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) of All of them allows the communication of results and the distribution of data from the connected peripherals. The monitor is compatible with this tool and can therefore be integrated into the solution without any problem. For your part, la herramienta Radiology Information System (RIS) of Medavis used for workflow management.

Complete solution

NEC's MDT solution is completed with a PDW T XL Wall Mount that has an integrated tilt function, offering the flexibility to adapt facilities to the individual requirements that exist for each MDT room.

Besides, a graphics card Nvidia Quadro K2200 provides the performance needed to support the high graphics requirements for dual 8MP displays. Besides, un cable Gold DisplayPort de Lindy of 10 meters covers the distance between the input source and the cloned screen of 84 inches with the quality necessary to offer a 4K UHD signal over long distances.

This solution makes it possible for hospitals like Merian Iselin to increase their productivity, since it is now possible for doctors to see detailed images in the same room.

“With the new resolution of the conference room the diagnostic work can be visualized, which increases the credibility of the conclusions by allowing the injuries to be seen more accurately”, adds Egelhof. This means less uncertainty for everyone involved and increases productivity in both radiology and other medical specialties..