Hi Runesmith,

I hope your installation was successful. There was one other thing I forgot to mention. The IntelliVue monitors have an internal print database where they will store print reports (up to 50 reports) temporarily when the network connection to a central station or an XDS (or a PC with XDS software running on it)is not available.

This feature also gives you the possibility to automatically store alarm recordings in memory during patient transport (instead of using a recorder and thermal paper) and have them automatically printed and/or electronically stored on the XDS hard disk the moment the monitor is connected to an XDS. These reports could then be exported to the EMR using a custom push or pull interface.

There are many institutions that use the IntelliVue X2 module in ER/PACU areas as a transport as well as a standalone bedside monitor. These institutions use XDS as a supplementary screen where they can see additional parameters on a large display, as a control panel to access the monitor and also as a report/alarm strip storage. These customers configure their X2 alarm recording to print directly to the internal database and then download them to XDS when they are connected.

Chandana Samaranayake MD

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