Healthcare News Healthcare News Swipe for more news Healthcare news pageThe perfect partnership to fulfill the potentials of Hospital-4.0October 30, 2020Intelligent Systems partners up with an old friend LT Automation and one of the leading companies within healthcare diagnostics – Siemens Healthineers to provide integrated solutions for medical laboratories. The parties contribute with supplementing best in class competences, LT Automation provides unique tooling to sample handling, Siemens Healthineers provides first in class diagnostic equipment and Intelligent Systems provides traceability and quality assurance. Together we are determined to improve quality, ensure traceability and automate workflows in bio clinical laboratories. Siemens Healthineers press release [...] Read more...Finally; Robots will take overOctober 27, 2020Hospitals of the future require foresighted thinking with a huge focus on logistics. Robots and mobile robots (AGVs and AMRs) can take over the repetitive and resource demanding tasks thus freeing up staff for more value-creating tasks. Robots and AGVs will take over logistics tasks and thus free up staff for more value-creating tasks – the more automation of workflow = the more health for the money. We provide high-level control systems for automated logistics for hospitals and our software is ready to fulfill the potential of Hospital-4.0. Read more about our award winning cloud-based tracking and monitoring solution The Intelligent Transport Box in the brochure below or visit us at www.intelligentsystems.dk to read more about the patented Intelligent Hospitals Logistics (IHL) solution concept as well as the independent open AGV Cloud Control Platform. Read more here: White paper publikation [...] Read more...Healthcare Denmark article – Intelligent sample traceability, monitoring and sortation solution at Aalborg University HospitalApril 1, 2020In Denmark, each year, approx. 21 million blood samples are transported from general practitioners or other clinics to a hospital laboratory for analysis. The samples are unpacked and handled manually. This requires many human resources, repetitive work tasks and introduces risks and errors related to manual handling. Therefore, the Danish company Intelligent Systems entered into close collaboration with Aalborg University Hospital in North Denmark Region and the robot company LT Automation to develop an innovative fully automated solution that handles, unpacks and sorts samples at the laboratory and ensures traceability and monitoring of temperature conditions all the way through the value chain. Traceability, temperature monitoring and automatic handling and sortation allows for automated and data-driven quality control of the sample materials, which reduces the number of errors in pre-analytics and increases the quality of test material as well as the patient safety. The automated monitoring has helped to improve workflows at Aalborg University Hospital. The number of temperature deviations registered has been reduced from 100% of the samples received, when the hospital started to use the solution, to less than 4% today. At the same time, the working environment at the laboratory has improved significantly through automation of repetitive work and thus preventing repetitive strain injuries (RSI). The solution won the Danish Automation Award in 2019 and has been nominated for the Industry 4.0 Award in 2020. The article was published in Healthcare Denmark newsletter March 2020. [...] Read more...IHL Articles: “User input has been invaluable”February 29, 2016Magasinet Pleje (The Magazine Care), Denmark’s trade magazine for the care and hospital sector, brings a feature on IHL in the February edition of the magazine. “IHL is looking towards Odense”, “User input has been invaluable” and “Prototype move into the Science Park” – thus goes the headlines of the three articles brought in Magasinet Pleje February 19, 2016. Read the Danish articles below or see more at www.magasinetpleje.dk [...] Read more...Intelligent Systems emphasized in growth reportOctober 30, 2015Intelligent Systems A/S is used as a case study in the report: Growth Denmark 2025 – From startup to scaleup-nation compiled by Monday Morning (Mandag Morgen). Here Intelligent Systems is highlighted for their growth – as one of three in Northern Jutland – and only one from Mariagerfjord. “Denmark is one of the nations in the world, that create most startups per capita. But we are challenged by the fact that when it comes to getting new businesses to grow and create jobs, we are below the OECD average – and far behind countries like the United States.” Monday Morning (Mandag Morgen) writes. About the report they write: “The report Growth Denmark 2025, prepared by the Monday Morning on behalf of Danish Regions, illustrates how the Danish economy can be switched to a new paradigm where efficient, regional ecosystems create a breeding ground for new high-growth companies, the so-called scale-ups. Basically, Denmark is well equipped to develop from a startup to a scaleup nation. Growth is lurking in every corner of the country. And the existing regional business structure creates a good foundation to develop the regions’ respective strengths. But there is a need to focus efforts on strengthening ecosystems around high-growth entrepreneurs.” Read the full report here (in Danish): Rapporten VækstDanmark 2025 The case study on Intelligent Systems can be found on page 30 of the report: [...] Read more...We have won – DISAPI becomes a reality!June 23, 2015We and our partners have won the PCP procurement phase 2: “The development of new, innovative robotic solutions for sterile processing departments.” Through the next 2 years the solution we have worked on for the last six months will be developed and tested. The project will help to create a more efficient and safe health care system – and put Denmark on the world map of automated sterile processing departments. The world’s eyes are currently directed at Denmark in the sterile processing department area. Being one of only two places in the world which are working intensively to develop and automate the core functions in sterile processing departments. And it makes sense as the benefits appear to be huge: The majority of workflow in sterile processing departments today is manual, and it is a significant source of errors – especially with risk of contaminating instruments which can cause infections for patients and ultimately can lead to the loss of life. There might also be errors in the packaging of instruments with delays of ongoing operations and thus increased risk for the patient to follow. At the same time the work is physically demanding with much lifting and repetitive tasks and that means a significant wear on the individual employee. Finally, the current methods of sterile processing departments are inherently labor intensive, making it costly – and there is a need for greater capacity, since the number of operations is steadily increasing. In response to this challenge we have, since October last year, worked to design a solution that can ensure quality, improve the working environment and make sterile processing departments more efficient through automation. The work has resulted in the solution “The Intelligent Sterile Processing Department – Automation of Packing and Inspection” or short: DISAPI. About DISAPI Until now developments in this area has focused on automating the transport flow in the sterile processing departments. DISAPI takes it up a nudge with a visionary and intelligent solution that automates the core function – packing and inspecting instruments. The solution automates the majority of tasks currently carried out manually – in particular: All transport of instruments and other materials within the sterile processing department A large part of the inspection and maintenance tasks performed on every instrument, e.g. control of hygienics, lubrication and control of curvatures Packing and wrapping of instruments – including verification that instruments are not lost or mixed up In addition, the solution ensures full traceability of the instruments throughout the sterile processing department. The solution is based on a combination of known and proven technologies – including mini-AGVs to transport instruments around the sterile processing departments – and cutting edge technologies in RFID-based traceability, vision and robotics. These technologies have not previously been brought into play in sterile processing departments – and with good reason, since they previously haven’t reached a level of maturity that is necessary to make the vital inspection and control tasks performed on the instruments. In other words we make our way into uncharted territory. DISAPI is created in collaboration with our three partners: LT Automation, Process Engineering and Granau IT; each of which has extensive expertise in robotics and automation technology, the design of and requirements for sterile processing departments and RFID technology. The sterile processing department of the future The vision for DISAPI is to create a fully automatic sterile processing department and the next two years will be a big step in that direction. With DISAPI finished is means the end to lifting and carrying instruments, pushing and twisting carts. Employees can also say goodbye to many repetitive tasks, for they need no longer to count, control and inspect every one of the thousands of instruments that day passes through sterile processing departments. This means that far more instruments can be processed – without the additional costs. Last but not least DISAPI increases patient safety: The fewer hands an instrument passes through, the lower the risk of errors that pose a risk to patients’ health. That we look forward to! Read more about the strategic partnership and the tender here. [...] Read more...Presentation of IHL prototypeJanuary 4, 2015After two years of development the IHL project hit another milestone when the IHL prototype was presented at a workshop at Health Innovation Centre of Southern Denmark in Odense on March 13, 2015. The workshop focused on intelligent hospital logistics and the challenges that the Danish hospitals face through an innovative-, medical- and hygienic perspective. The prototype is the IHL projects visual idea for an innovative intelligent transport and logistics system for future hospitals. Over 50 persons with an interest in logistics for Danish hospitals participated in the workshop and got the chance to see and test the prototype and to get a taste of how the future hospital staff can order, pick up and send all kinds of goods, equipment, medicine and waste via “the magic closet” built into the wall. In addition to the presentation of the prototype, the workshop program had a series of oral presentations on hospital challenges in the logistics field seen from a medical, a hygienic and an innovative perspective – and how IHL can help solve these issues. Dr. med. and deputy director of Hvidovre and Amager Hospital, Torben Steen Mogensen, focused his presentation on the challenges for hospitals regarding new and better logistics and how efficient automated logistics could help to faster treatment of patients. He says: “I think that IHL can help to deliver more precise logistics, so doctors and nurses can be supplied with what they need. I strongly believe in automated systems. It is the future of the hospital system, ” Niki Nicolas Grigoriou, CEO/Software Architect at Intelligent Systems and IHL Project Manager, is positive: “This day has given me a clear feeling that we are on the right track and that we got a pat on the back by several of the participants at the workshop. Next step is to do more testing with the users at the hospitals before we present the final and modular solution.” See video from the workshop: (in Danish with English subtitles) Read more about IHL here See more workshop photos here [...] Read more...International awareness about Intelligent Hospital LogisticsDecember 12, 2014Intelligent Systems presented Intelligent Hospitalslogistik on MEDICA – the largest medical trade fair worldwide. This November CEO Niki Nicolas Grigoriou and Healthcare Consultant Ole Klinkby took our intelligent healthcare solutions to Düsseldorf to present them to the rest of the world and the 132,000 doctors, specialists and decision makers that visited MEDICA. Intelligent Hospital Logistics was the main focus on our booth, and the interest for the intelligent and fully automated transport and storage system was significant. [...] Read more...Intelligent Hospital Logistics presented at Healthcare DENMARK’s Ambassador SummitNovember 9, 2014CEO/Software Architect, Niki Nicolas Grigoriou, was among the speakers, when Healthcare DENMARK recently hosted a two-day summit to present their ambassadors with best practice and innovation in Danish healthcare. Niki Nicolas Grigoriou was invited to present the results from the innovation project Intelligent Hospital Logistics. The ambassadors are healthcare experts and thought leaders, and as ambassadors their role is to promote the solutions, systems, know-how and innovations that makes the Danish healthcare sector one of the best and most effective in the world. The main objective of the Healthcare DENMARK Ambassador Summit 2014 was to give the ambassadors a comprehensive introduction to Danish healthcare ,and especially to Danish healthcare expertise and strongholds. During the two days the ambassadors were presented with some of the most recent, impressive and innovative solutions and concepts – including Intelligent Hospital Logistics. The summit included more than 20 presentations by Danish healthcare politicians and officials, H.R.H. Crown Princess Mary, Patron for Healthcare DENMARK, and groundbreaking Danish healthcare companies. Watch the presentation of Intelligent Hospital Logistics here (video) Read more about Intelligent Hospital Logistics(IHL) – from Danish web site Follow Intelligent Hospital Logistics on LinkedIn Read more about Healthcare DENMARK here Find the Healthcare DENMARK ambassadors [...] Read more...Børsen gazelle 2014October 21, 2014The 21. of October Intelligent Systems was celebrated as gazelle company 2014. We are of course pleased with the award, as it states that we are a fast growing company which delivers postive results every year. Since 1995 the newspaper Dagbladet Børsen has every year identified the growth elite in Denmark, and the title “gazelle” has in time become synonymous with companies in growth. In short a gazelle is defined as: A company which in the latest four years has had continuosly growth in both turnover and gross result, and which has more than doubled turnover and gross result in the period. Read more about gazelle 2014 here: Børsen gazelle 2014. [...] Read more...The Intelligent Transport Box ConferenceOctober 20, 2014The development project The Intelligent Transport Box has resultet in a complete solution for automated handling of blood samples. The main gains are a more efficient handling and transport of blood samples, better diagnosing quality, better patient safety and a better working environment. November 27 we invite you to a conference on The Intelligent Transport Box where the results are presented. During the past 2 years Intelligent Systems and Aalborg University Hospital has been at the head of the innovation projekt The Intelligent Transport Box that has been realized in cooperation with Odense University Hospital, LT Automation A/S, Farusa Emballage A/S, RoboCluster and Syddansk University. The project has led to the development of at complete solution concept for intelligent logistics from ordering tests and taking samples to testing and analysis in the biochemical laboratories at the hospital. The solution improves the quality of the test results, time spent on diagnosing and patient safety, as well as it gives a better use of laboratory technicians and gives an increased capacity and economy. In October 2014 a prototype consisting of both the transport box and the robot solution is exhibited in the main hall at Aalborg University Hospital. Traceability and monitoring Intelligent Systems has contributed to the project with tracebility technology and systems for monitoring and automation. The gains of traceability, monitoring and automation are for the benefit of patients, employees as well as the hospitals economy: The traceability of the test from sampling to analysis in the laboratry, monitoring of temperature during transport and robot automation on the biochemical laboratry increase the quality of test results, reduce the risk of misdiagnosis and ensures a short processing time. An efficient laboratry optimizes the process from the patients blood sample has been taken to the result from the analysis is ready. At the same time the efficiency among the personnel is increased, and the working environment is improved, as the manual tasks is automated, and the laboratry staff can focus on analysis and test results instead of logistics and unpacking transport boxes. Read more about The Intelligent Transport Box here. Conference – results and perspectives At the conference November 27 2014 we focus on the conducted innovation process and the development cooperation and pick up on the experiences from the companies and hospitals involved. The companies will present elements of the solution, and in addition there will be speeches with interesting angels and perspectives on user driven innovation in the health care system and the market perspectives for this innovation. The speeches will be held by Chairman of the Region Council in Region Nordjylland, Ulla Astman, Innovation Manager in Region Nordjylland, Kjeld Lisby, and Associate Professor at Syddansk University, René Goduscheit. See the conference program and sign up here. The conference takes place November 27 2014, 10.00am – 2.30pm at Aalborg University Hospital, Mølleparkvej 4, 9000 Aalborg. Participation is free, however, there is a no-show fee on 500,- DKK. [...] Read more...Intelligent Systems nominated for BrainsBusiness AwardOctober 9, 2014Intelligent Systems is among the six nominees for the BrainsBusiness Award 2014. The Award is given to the most innovative it company in the region. The jury motivates the nomination this way: “Intelligent Systems are able to transform their knowledge and technology to new markets – latest in the large Intelligent Hospital Logistic project (IHL) where knowledge on logistics is applyed in the healthcare system.” The jury also emphasizes that Intelligent Systems is a company that has been able to create a very good business on the basis of high level knowledge and techology. Watch the nomination video here: [...] Read more...Inauguration of the IHL test facilityFebruary 24, 2014Invitation to Workshop 4 for Intelligent Hospital Logistics (IHL) and inauguration of the test facility at Hvidovre Hospital Wednesday 26 February at 9:15am to 13:45pm. The inauguration of the IHL’s test facility marks the end of Phase 1 for the R&D project which aims to develop a fully automated transport and storage system for hospitals. The project’s mission is to automate and optimize hospital logistics so no employee will have to spend time searching for equipment and supplies – things will go where they are ordered. At the workshop the IHL test facility is inaugurated, the concept and opportunities are presented, and further development and adaptation of IHL is discussed. Sketch of the test facility: The program: 09.15 Registration, morning coffee and networking 10:00 Welcome by Ole Klinkby, IHL-projekt manager 10:10 Presentation of IHL 10:30 Official opening of IHL test facility by Per Seerup Knudsen, vice chairman of the Danish Regions Committee on health innovation and business, regional council member (A) in Region Hovedstaden 10:45 Break 11:00 Tour of the IHL test facility in teams with 3 stops – the tour is not suitable for the disabled) • Control and simulation of IHL • In- and outfeed of goods in IHL • User interface for healthcare personel in IHL 12:20 Prospects and further development of IHL 12:45 Questions 13:00 Lunch – sandwiches, fruit, water and coffee 13:45 End of public part of workshop 4 Where, when and how : The workshop will be in Danish Time: Wednesday 26 February 9.15am to 13:45pm Place: Hvidovre Hospital, Kettelgård Allé 30 Hvidovre (Parking at Rosenhøj) Registration: Send email to sl@groenbech.com More information: www.ihl.nu [...] Read more...Intelligent Hospital Logistics (IHL)June 6, 2013Soon goods, instruments, equipment will come out of the wall at the hospitals! The revolutionary concept Intelligent Hospital Logistics has been on the drawing board at Intelligent Systems and a number of partners for almost two years and in June the official kick-off of the project took place at the University of Southern Denmark, where all interested parties could learn more about the background of the project and at the same time meet the partners involved. At the meeting the participants had the opportunity to get a glimpse into the future of welfare solutions for hospitals and hear more about the vision behind the concept of Intelligent Hospital Logistics. Intelligent Hospital Logistics briefly Intelligent Hospital Logistics (IHL) is one of the most promising and pioneering projects in hospital logistics for many years with a budget of over 24 million. kr. IHL is already recommended by the Danish Regions in one of the 10 pointers for future hospital construction projects and the project has received yet another huge thumbs up from The Market Development Fund and the head committee for the Partnership for Health and Medical Innovation, who find the project exciting and promising. This has resulted in a historically high commitment of over 12 million dollars for the project because it holds great potential for welfare benefits in terms of efficiency and improvement of hospital logistics. Intelligent Hospital Logistics (IHL) combines existing technologies and creates a new fully automated integrated internal transport and storage system – a fully automated infrastructure which is built into the hospital’s walls and ceilings. The concept will make product supply and access to instruments and equipment as easy as sending and receive a pneumatic post. Everyday life easier for the hospital staff on tomorrow’s hospitals On future hospitals the solution will address about 80% of the internal logistics tasks which provides more health for the money. The short development time line and close dialogue with the hospitals in Denmark will ensure that the other upcoming hospitals get the opportunity to incorporate the concept into their construction plans. But the solution can also be established in existing buildings through remodeling, expansion or through the installation of exterior supply corridors and shafts. Intelligent hospital logistics concept has a huge potential not only to improve and streamline the logistics in Danish hospitals, but also foreign hospitals are potential customers. Read more about IHL reccomendations [...] Read more...Intelligent Systems-driven concept recommended for future hospital logisticsMarch 8, 2013Intelligent Systems has over the last year and a half worked with a range of partners – including Qubiqa, Schoeller Plast and NNE Pharmaplan, to develop a new revolutionary concept for automation of logistics in the future hospitals. Intelligent hospital logistics concept (in short IHL) is now recommended by the Danish Regions in “Report on transport technologies”, which is one of 10 indicators set out for the next hospital constructions. The new concept is recommended in the report from the Danish Regions with the following words: “The project group continues to support the project and see it as one of the most promising developments within area hospital logistics for many years.” “I am very pleased that our concept is recommended,” says CEO of Intelligent Systems Niki Nicolas Grigoriou. “It’s a concept we’ve been working on for about one and a half years. We have worked closely with our partners and a number of people who work at the hospitals in Denmark. It’s great to get this recognition now. ” The indicator on transport technologies concludes that Intelligent hospital logistics (IHL) is a very promising example of new thinking and innovation in hospital logistics. It is the combination of transport technologies in the concept and targeting it to hospitals that makes it unique. Intelligent hospital logistics The Intelligent hospital logistics concept combines existing technologies to create a new integrated transport and storage system; a fully automated infrastructure built into the hospital’s walls and ceilings. The system makes product supply and access to stored instruments and equipment as easy as sending or receiving through a pneumatic tupe or to tap water from the faucet. As one nurse puts it: “In the future, the goods come out of the wall when you need them!” The solution will address about 80% of the internal logistics tasks in the future hospitals. The concept is planned, developed and tested in the extensive project involving five Danish hospitals, which will ensure that it is simple, reliable, intelligent and efficient. Ten indicators for future hospital construction In the coming years the regions in Denmark will invest heavily in the construction of new hospitals and the renovation and expansion of existing ones. The investment allows for innovation both in the decor and design of the hospitals. The construction of new hospitals requires that hospitals will be 8% more efficient than today and they must be continuously optimized by 2% a year. This means that new technologies must be included and the hospitals must be more intelligent in order to optimize work flows. That is why it is important for the regions to find the right solutions to invest in. This has resulted in the systematic collection and sharing of knowledge between regions. The interdisciplinary cooperation has resulted in ten common indicators for knowledge sharing within hospital construction. [...] Read more...Project kick off on The intelligent transport boxJanuary 23, 2013“The intelligent transport box”-project has been launched and Intelligent Systems predicts a bright future for the project. It will improve the quality of patient diagnoses, increase the quality and safety when transporting blood samples and optimize resource consumption for hospital staff by installing fully automatic extraction, identification and sorting of samples. The idea behind the project originates from a competition called “RoboCall”, held at Aalborg University Hospital in 2010. Bioanalyst Øjvind Thomasen, formerly employed by the Department of Clinical Biochemistry at Aalborg University Hospital, submitted his idea: How to create a more efficient laboratory using intelligent traceability and robot technology. Øjvind Thomasen and the idea won competing with approx. 43 other proposals. Last year a number of companies were presented for the problem. This resulted in a group of project partners with the project coordinator being Intelligent Systems. CEO/Software Architect Niki Nicolas Grigoriou predicts a bright future for the project: “It is a unique and already demanded solution, and it will create great value for both patients and health professionals.” Savings on time and resources as well as increased safety Niki Nicolas Grigoriou explains:”The box monitors the temperature during transport and the robotic automation in the biochemical laboratory handles arrival, and full automatically unpacking and sorting the samples,” he adds, “At the biochemical laboratory the box will pass through a robot assembly which opens the box, takes the vials out and sorts them. The box is then cleaned, sealed and stacked for recycling.” The product is of great value for the public welfare, since an automated system will provide a positive socio-economic impact in terms of shorter hospitalization and fewer sick days and it creates an increased cost-effectiveness as the manual processes are automated. Great potential “I have found out that the needs for a solution like the one we are developing, are much higher than expected – and I have been in dialogue with several hospitals who want to use it. It seems they want to order the solution or part of it today… or if possible yesterday, “adds Niki Nicolas Grigoriou. Public-private innovation cooperation strengthens the market position for private firms and the possibilities are opening within the major global health market. Niki Nicolas Grigoriou emphasizes: “The project has the potential to reach far beyond its borders, given the absence of a similar system. It will provide access to a global market for health technology worth billions. It will also generate growth in Denmark, and improve competitiveness, as there is potential for export and both retaining and creating new jobs.” He adds: “At Intelligent Systems we work with traceability technology in particular industrial areas and see great potential in using this technology in health solutions. By developing solutions for a critical sector like health, we will be able to build and strengthen our expertise.” Find the full press release in Danish here. More on Intelligent Systems’ “Intelligent Sample Sortation & Monitoring” here. [...] Read more... Read more…Industry News Healthcare News Latest articles Intelligent Systems makes it easy to revolutionize hospital logistics 5G Robot project ready with first demo The first part of our Global Growth Robotics journey is coming to an end. How do you capitalize the value of your data? 5G set to boost robots in Denmark Follow Us Mobile healthcare newsThe perfect partnership to fulfill the potentials of Hospital-4.0October 30, 2020Hospital / NyhederIntelligent Systems partners up with an old friend LT Automation and one of the leading companies within healthcare diagnostics – Siemens Healthineers to provide integrated solutions for medical laboratories. The parties contribute with supplementing best in class competences, LT Automation provides unique tooling to sample handling, Siemens Healthineers provides first in class diagnostic equipment and Intelligent Systems provides traceability and quality assurance. Together we are determined to improve quality, ensure traceability and automate workflows in bio clinical laboratories. Siemens Healthineers press release [...] Finally; Robots will take over.October 27, 2020Hospital / NyhederHospitals of the future require foresighted thinking with a huge focus on logistics. Robots and mobile robots (AGVs and AMRs) can take over the repetitive and resource demanding tasks thus freeing up staff for more value-creating tasks. Robots and AGVs will take over logistics tasks and thus free up staff for more value-creating tasks – the more automation of workflow = the more health for the money. We provide high-level control systems for automated logistics for hospitals and our software is ready to fulfill the potential of Hospital-4.0. Read more about our award winning cloud-based tracking and monitoring solution The Intelligent Transport Box in the brochure below or visit us at www.intelligentsystems.dk to read more about the patented Intelligent Hospitals Logistics (IHL) solution concept as well as the independent open AGV Cloud Control Platform. Read more here: White paper publikation [...] Healthcare Denmark article – Intelligent sample traceability, monitoring and sortation solution at Aalborg University HospitalApril 1, 2020Hospital / NyhederIn Denmark, each year, approx. 21 million blood samples are transported from general practitioners or other clinics to a hospital laboratory for analysis. The samples are unpacked and handled manually. This requires many human resources, repetitive work tasks and introduces risks and errors related to manual handling. Therefore, the Danish company Intelligent Systems entered into close collaboration with Aalborg University Hospital in North Denmark Region and the robot company LT Automation to develop an innovative fully automated solution that handles, unpacks and sorts samples at the laboratory and ensures traceability and monitoring of temperature conditions all the way through the value chain. Traceability, temperature monitoring and automatic handling and sortation allows for automated and data-driven quality control of the sample materials, which reduces the number of errors in pre-analytics and increases the quality of test material as well as the patient safety. The automated monitoring has helped to improve workflows at Aalborg University Hospital. The number of temperature deviations registered has been reduced from 100% of the samples received, when the hospital started to use the solution, to less than 4% today. At the same time, the working environment at the laboratory has improved significantly through automation of repetitive work and thus preventing repetitive strain injuries (RSI). The solution won the Danish Automation Award in 2019 and has been nominated for the Industry 4.0 Award in 2020. The article was published in Healthcare Denmark newsletter March 2020. [...] IHL Artikler: “Brugernes input har været guld værd”February 29, 2016Hospital / NyhederMagasinet Pleje, Danmarks fagblad for pleje- og sygehussektoren, har en feature på IHL i februars udgave af magasinet. “IHL har blikket rettet mod Odense”, “Brugernes input har været guld værd” og “Prototype flytter ind i Forskerparken” – sådan lyder overskrifterne på de tre artikeler bragt i Magasinet Pleje d. 19. Februar 2016. Læs artiklerne herunder eller se mere på www.magasinetpleje.dk [...] Intelligent Systems fremhævet i vækstrapportOctober 30, 2015Hospital / Industri / NyhederIntelligent Systems A/S er brugt som case i rapporten: VækstDanmark 2025 – Fra startup- til scaleup-nation udarbejdet af Mandag Morgen. Heri bliver Intelligent Systems fremhævet i rapport – som en af tre i Nordjyland – og eneste fra Mariagerfjord. “Danmark er blandt de nationer i verden, der skaber flest opstartsvirksomheder pr. indbygger. Men vi er udfordret af, at når det handler om at få nye virksomheder til at vokse og skabe job, så ligger vi under OECD-gennemsnittet – og langt efter lande som USA.” Skriver Mandag Morgen. Om rapporten skriver de: “Rapporten VækstDanmark 2025 er udarbejdet af Mandag Morgen for Danske Regioner og belyser, hvordan dansk økonomi kan omstilles til et nyt paradigme, hvor velfungerende, regionale økosystemer danner grobund for nye højvækstvirksomheder, de såkaldte scaleups. Grundlæggende er Danmark godt rustet til at udvikle sig fra en startup- til en scaleup-nation. Væksten ulmer i alle hjørner af landet. Og den eksisterende regionale erhvervsfremmestruktur skaber et godt fundament for at udvikle regionernes respektive styrkeområder. Men der er behov for at fokusere indsatsen mere på at styrke økosystemerne omkring højvækstiværksættere.” Læs hele rapporten her: Rapporten VækstDanmark 2025 På side 30 i rapporten finder man casen om Intelligent Systems: [...] Vi har vundet – DISAPI bliver en realitet!June 23, 2015Hospital / NyhederVi og vores partnere har vundet udbuddet ”udvikling af nye, innovative robotløsninger til sterilcentraler” – udbudt af Markedsmodningsfonden og de fem regioners Sygehuspartnerskab. I de næste 2 år skal vi udvikle og afprøve den løsning, vi gennem det sidste halve år har designet – og vundet på. Projektet skal bidrage til at skabe et mere effektivt og sikkert sundhedsvæsen – og sætte Danmark på verdenskortet over automatiserede sterilcentraler. Verdens øjne er for tiden rettet mod Danmark inden for sterilcentralområdet. Som ét ud af kun to steder i verden arbejdes der intensivt med at udvikle og automatisere sterilcentralernes kernefunktioner. Og det er der god fornuft i, for gevinsterne ser ud til at være store: Hovedparten af arbejdsprocesserne i sterilcentralerne foregår i dag manuelt, og det er en væsentlig fejlkilde – især i form af risiko for kontaminering af instrumenter, som kan medføre infektioner hos patienterne, hvilket i yderste konsekvens kan føre til tab af menneskeliv. Der kan ligeledes opstå fejl i pakningen af instrumenter med forsinkelser af igangværende operationer, og dermed øget risiko for patienten til følge. Samtidig er arbejdet fysisk belastende med mange løft og ensidigt gentagne opgaver, og det betyder et væsentligt slid på den enkelte medarbejder. Endelig er den aktuelle arbejdsform på sterilcentralerne i sagens natur arbejdskraftintensiv, hvilket gør den omkostningstung – og der er samtidig behov for en større kapacitet, fordi antallet af operationer er støt stigende. Som svar på denne udfordring har vi siden oktober sidste år arbejdet på at designe en løsning, der kan sikre kvaliteten, forbedre arbejdsmiljøet og gøre sterilcentralerne mere effektive ved hjælp af automatisering. Det arbejde er mundet ud i løsningen ”Den Intelligente Sterilcentral – Automatisering af Pakning og Inspektion” eller kort: DISAPI. Om DISAPI Indtil nu har udviklingen på området koncentreret sig om at automatisere transportflowet i sterilcentralen. DISAPI går skridtet videre med en visionær og intelligent løsning, der automatiserer selve sterilcentralerne kernefunktion – pakning og inspektion af instrumenter. Løsningen automatiserer således hovedparten af de opgaver, der i dag udføres manuelt – bl.a.: Al transport af instrumenter og andre materialer rundt i sterilcentralen En stor del af de inspektions- og vedligeholdelsesopgaver, der udføres på hvert enkelt instrument, f.eks. kontrol af renhed, smøring og kontrol af krumninger Pakning og emballering af instrumenter – herunder kontrol af, at instrumenter ikke forsvinder eller forbyttes Derudover sikrer løsningen fuld sporbarhed af instrumenterne hele vejen gennem sterilcentralen. Løsningen bygger på en kombination af kendte og velafprøvede teknologier – bl.a. mini-AGV’er til transport af instrumenter rundt i sterilcentralen – og cutting edge teknologier inden for bl.a. RFID-baseret sporbarhed, visions- og robotteknologi. Disse teknologier har ikke tidligere været bragt i spil i sterilcentralerne – og med god grund, for først nu har de nået et modenhedsniveau, der gør dem brugbare til at foretage de vitale inspektions- og kontrolopgaver, der udføres på instrumenterne. Det er med andre ord uudforsket land, vi begiver os ind i. DISAPI er skabt i et samarbejde med vores tre partnere LT Automation, Process Engineering og Granau IT, der hver især har stor ekspertise inden for robot- og automatiseringsteknologi, indretning af og krav til sterilcentraler og RFID-teknologi. Fremtidens fuldautomatiske sterilcentral Visionen for DISAPI er at skabe en fuldautomatisk sterilcentral, og de næste 2 år vil være et stort skridt i den retning. Når DISAPI er udviklet, er det slut med at løfte og bære instrumenter, skubbe og vride vogne. Medarbejderne kan også sige farvel til mange ensidigt gentagne opgaver, for de skal ikke længere tælle, kontrollere og inspicere hvert eneste af de mange tusinde instrumenter, der hver dag passerer gennem sterilcentralerne. Det betyder, at der kan behandles langt flere instrumenter – uden den store pung skal op af lommen. Sidst, men ikke mindst, vil DISAPI øge patientsikkerheden: Jo færre hænder et instrument passerer igennem, jo mindre er risikoen for fejl, der udgør en risiko for patienternes helbred. Det glæder vi os til! Læs mere om samarbejdet og udbuddet her. [...] Præsentation af IHL prototypenJanuary 4, 2015Hospital / NyhederEfter to års udvikling nåede IHL projektet endnu en milepæl, da IHL prototypen blev præsenteret på en workshop hos Syddansk Sundhedsinnovation i Odense den 13. marts 2015. Workshoppen satte fokus på intelligent hospitalslogistik og udfordringerne for de danske hospitaler gennem et innovations-, lægefagligt- og hygiejnisk perspektiv. Protypen er IHL-projektets synlige bud på et innovativt og intelligent transport- og logistiksystem til fremtidens hospitaler. Over 50 personer med interesse for logistik på de danske hospitaler deltog i workshoppen og fik mulighed for at selv at se og afprøve prototypen og få en forsmag på, hvordan hospitalspersonalet i fremtiden vil bestille, afhente og sende alle former for varer, udstyr, medicin og affald via “Det magiske skab”, der er bygget ind i væggen. Ud over præsentationen af prototypen bød workshoppen på en række indlæg om hospitalernes udfordringer på logistikområdet i både et lægefagligt, hygiejne- og innovationsmæssigt perspektiv – og hvordan IHL kan være med til at løse disse. Dr.med. og vicedirektør på Hvidovre og Amager Hospital, Torben Steen Mogensen, lagde i sit oplæg fokus på hospitalernes udfordring omkring ny og bedre logistik og hvordan en effektiv automatiseret logistik vil kunne hjælpe til hurtigere behandling af patienter. Han fortæller: ”Jeg tror, at IHL kan bidrage til, at man får en mere præcis logistik, så læger og sygeplejersker kan få leveret det, de har brug for. Jeg tror meget på automatiske systemer. Det er fremtiden for hospitalsvæsenet,” Niki Nicolas Grigoriou, CEO / Software Architect ved Intelligent Systems og IHL-projektleder, er positiv: ”Dagen har givet mig en klar fornemmelse af, at vi er på rette vej, og at vi fik et skulderklap af deltagerne på workshoppen. Nu skal vi teste systemet igen hos brugerne på hospitalerne, inden vi fremlægger den endelige og modulære løsning,” Se video fra workshoppen: Læs mere om IHL her Se flere billeder fra workshoppen her [...] International interesse for Intelligent HospitalslogistikDecember 12, 2014Hospital / NyhederIntelligent Systems præsenterede Intelligent Hospitalslogistik på MEDICA – verdens største messe for medicinsk udstyr. CEO Niki Nicolas Grigoriou og Healthcare Consultant Ole Klinkby tog i november vores sundhedsteknologiske løsninger med til Düsseldorf for at præsentere dem for resten af verden og de 132.000 læger, specialister og beslutningstagere, der besøgte MEDICA. Intelligent Hospitalslogistik var i hovedfokus på Intelligent Systems’ stand, og interessen for det intelligente og fuldt automatiserede transport- og lagersystem var stor. [...] Intelligent Hospitalslogistik præsenteret på Healthcare DENMARKs ambassadør eventNovember 9, 2014Hospital / NyhederCEO/Software Architect, Niki Nicolas Grigoriou, var blandt oplægsholderne, da Healthcare DENMARK for nyligt afholdt en todages event for at præsentere deres ambassadører for best practice og innovation i den danske sundhedssektor. Niki Nicolas Grigoriou var inviteret for at præsentere resultaterne fra innovationsprojektet Intelligent Hospitalslogistik. Ambassadør eventen blev afholdt den 27.-28. oktober i anledning af, at Healthcare DENMARK for nyligt udnævnte 12 Healthcare DENMARK-ambassadører i Tyskland, Storbritannien og USA. Ambassadørerne er alle eksperter og thought leaders inden for sundhedsområdet, og deres opgave er at udbrede information om løsninger, systemer, knowhow og innovation, der gør den danske sundhedssektor til en af de bedste og mest effektive i verden. Hovedformålet med Healthcare DENMARKS Ambassadør eventen var at give ambassadørerne overordnet introduktion til det danske sundhedsvæsen med særlig fokus på ekspertise og styrkeområder. I løbet af de to dage blev ambassadørerne bl.a. præsenteret for nogle af de nyeste og mest innovative løsninger og koncepter – inklusiv Intelligent Hospitalslogistik. Eventen bød på mere end 20 præsentationer fra politikere og officielle repræsentanter for det danske sundhedsvæsen, Hendes Kongelige Højhed, Kronprisesse Mary, protektor for Healthcare DENMARK, og banebrydende virksomheder inden for sundhedsområdet. Se præsentationen af Intelligent Hospitalslogistik her (video) Læs mere om Intelligent Hospitalslogistik her Følg Intelligent Hospitalslogistik på LinkedIn Læs mere om Healthcare DENMARK her Se oversigten over Healthcare DENMARKs ambassadører her [...] Børsen gazellevirksomhed 2014October 21, 2014Hospital / Industri / NyhederIntelligent Systems er blevet kåret til gazellevirksomhed 2014. Kåringen er det synlige bevis på, at vi er en virksomhed, som både er i hurtig vækst og leverer sorte tal på bundlinjen hvert år. Dagbladet Børsen har hvert år siden 1995 identificeret Danmarks vækstelite, og gazellen er med tiden blevet en del af det danske sprog som et synonym for virksomheder i vækst. Kort fortalt er definitionen på en gazelle: En virksomhed, der i løbet af de seneste fire regnskabsår har haft kontinuerlig vækst i omsætning eller bruttoresultat, og som samlet set har mere end fordoblet omsætningen eller bruttoresultatet i perioden. Læs mere om gazellerne 2014 her: Børsen gazelle 2014. [...] Afslutningskonference på Den Intelligente ForsendelseskasseOctober 20, 2014Hospital / NyhederProjektet Den Intelligente Forsendelseskasse har udviklet en løsning til automatiseret håndtering af blodprøver. Hovedgevinsterne er en mere effektiv håndtering og transport af blodprøver, højere kvalitet i diagnostiseringen, større patientsikkerhed og bedre arbejdsmiljø. Den 27. november inviterer vi til afslutningskonference, hvor resultaterne præsenteres. Gennem de seneste 2 år har Intelligent Systems og Aalborg Universitetshospital stået i spidsen for innovationsprojektet Den Intelligente Forsendelseskasse, der er blevet gennemført i et samarbejde mellem Odense UniversitetsHospital, LT Automation A/S, Farusa Emballage A/S, RoboCluster and Syddansk Universitet. Projektet har ført til udviklingen af et totalt løsningskoncept for intelligent logistik og automatiseret håndtering af blodprøver – fra rekvirering og prøvetagning til prøveanalyse i sygehusenes biokemiske laboratorier. Den Intelligente Forsendelseskasse optimerer både prøvekvalitet, diagnosticeringstider og -sikkerhed og sikrer en bedre udnyttelse af laboranter og andre specialister. Det giver både et bedre arbejdsmiljø, en øget kapacitet og en bedre økonomi på sygehusenes laboratorier. I oktober 2014 udstilles en prototype bestående af den intelligente forsendelseskasse og robotløsningen i forhallen på Aalborg Universitetshospital. Sporbarhed og overvågning Intelligent Systems har bidraget til projektet med bl.a. sporbarhedsteknologi og styring af overvågning og automatisering. Og gevinsterne ved at kunne spore, overvåge og håndtere prøverne automatisk er store: Sporbarhed af prøven fra udtagning til analyse på laboratoriet, overvågning af temperatur under transporten og robot-automatisering på det biokemiske laboratorium forbedrer kvaliteten af prøveresultater og diagnoser, mindsker risikoen for fejldiagnosticering af patienten og sikrer en hurtig behandlingstid. Den automatiserede håndtering af prøverne optimerer hele processen fra blodprøve tages, til resultatet af analysen er klar. På de biokemiske laboratorier håndteres prøverne af en fuldautomatisk robot der modtager, udpakker og sorterer prøverne. Det betyder et langt mere effektivt laboratorium, hvor kapaciteten øges samtidig med at det frigør ressourcer, så laboratoriets personale kan fokusere på analyse og prøveresultater fremfor på håndtering af logistik og udpakning af forsendelseskasser. Det betyder også at arbejdsmiljøet forbedres, da de manuelle arbejdsgange automatiseres. Læs mere om Den Intelligente Forsendelseskasse her. Afslutningskonference – resultater og perspektiver På konferencen den 27. november 2014 sætter vi fokus på den gennemførte innovationsproces og udviklingssamarbejdet og samler op på erfaringerne fra både virksomheder og hospitaler. Virksomhederne vil præsentere elementerne i løsningen, og derudover vil der være indlæg med spændende vinkler og synspunkter på brugerdreven innovation i sundhedssektoren og markedsperspektiverne herfor fra både Regionsrådsformand i Region Nordjylland Ulla Astman, innovationschef i Region Nordjylland Kjeld Lisby samt lektor René Goduscheit fra Syddansk Universitet. Se programmet for konferencen og tilmeld dig her. Konferencen finder sted den 27. november 2014, kl. 10-14.30 på Aalborg Universitetshospital, Medicinerhusets Auditorium, Mølleparkvej 4, 9000 Aalborg. Deltagelse er gratis, men der opkræves et no-show gebyr på 500 kr. [...] Intelligent Systems nomineret til BrainsBusiness AwardOctober 9, 2014Hospital / Industri / NyhederIntelligent Systems er blandt de 6 nominerede finalister, når BrainsBusiness Award 2014 uddeles. Prisen uddeles hvert år til den mest innovative it-virksomhed i Nordjylland. Juryens begrundelse for nomineringen er, at “Intelligent Systems formår at omsætte deres viden og teknologi på nye markeder – senest i det store IHL-projekt, hvor viden om logistik anvendes inden for sundhedsvæsnet.” Ligeledes lægger juryen vægt på, at Intelligent Systems er en virksomhed, der har formået at lave rigtig god forretning ud fra et videns- og teknologisk niveau på meget højt plan. Se nomineringsvideoen her: [...] Indvielse af IHL testanlægFebruary 24, 2014Hospital / NyhederInvitation til Workshop 4 for Intelligent Hospitalslogistik (IHL) og indvielse af testanlægget på Hvidovre Hospital onsdag d. 26. februar kl. 9.15 – 13.45. Med indvielsen af IHL’s testanlæg markeres afslutningen på fase 1 i innovationsprojektet, der udvikler fremtidens fuldautomatiske transport- og lagersystem til hospitaler. Projektets mission er at automatisere og optimere sygehuslogistikken, så ingen medarbejder fremover skal bruge tid på at lede efter udstyr og forbrugsvarer – tingene finder selv hen, hvor de er bestilt. På workshoppen indvies IHL-testanlægget, konceptets opbygning og muligheder præsenteres, og den videre udvikling og tilpasning af IHL drøftes. Skitse over testanlægget: Programmet for dagen: 09.15 Registrering, morgenkaffe og networking 10:00 Velkommen v/Ole Klinkby, IHL-projektleder 10:10 Præsentation af IHL 10:30 Officiel åbning af IHL-testanlægget v/ Per Seerup Knudsen, næstformand for Danske Regioners udvalg for sundhedsinnovation og erhvervsfremme, regionsrådsmedlem (A) i Region Hovedstaden 10:45 Pause 11:00 Rundvisning på IHL-testanlægget foregår i hold med 3 stop – rundturen er ikke egnet for gangbesværede) • Styring og simulering af IHL • Ind-og udlagring af varer i IHL • Brugergrænsefladen for det sundhedsfaglige personale i IHL 12:20 Perspektiver og videre udviklingen af IHL 12:45 Spørgsmål og afrunding 13:00 Frokost – sandwich, frugt, vand og kaffe 13:45 Workshop 4’s åbne del slutter Hvor, hvornår og hvordan: Tid: Onsdag d. 26. februar kl. 9.15 – 13.45 Sted: Hvidovre Hospital, Kettelgård Allé 30 Hvidovre (P-pladser på Rosenhøj) Tilmelding: Send e-mail til sl@groenbech.com Mere information: www.ihl.nu [...] Intelligent hospitalslogistik (IHL)June 6, 2013Hospital / NyhederSnart kommer varer, instrumenter, udstyr ud af væggene på sygehusene! Det revolutionerende koncept, Intelligent hospitalslogistik, har været på tegnebrættet hos Intelligent Systems og en række partnere i knapt to år og i juni var der officielt kick-off på projektet på Syddansk Universitet, hvor alle interesserede kunne høre nærmere om baggrunden for projektet og samtidigt møde de involverede partnere. På kick-off mødet fik deltagerne mulighed for at få et indblik i fremtidsperspektiverne for velfærdsløsninger til hospitaler og høre om visionerne, der ligger bag konceptet Intelligent Hospitalslogistik. Kort om Intelligent hospitalslogistik Intelligent hospitalslogistik (IHL) er et af de mest perspektivrige og banebrydende udviklingsprojekter indenfor hospitalslogistik i mange år med et budget på over 24 mio. kr. IHL er er allerede blevet anbefalet af De Danske Regioner i et af de 10 pejlemærker for de kommende sygehusbyggerier og projektet har modtaget endnu et kæmpe skulderklap, da Markedsmodningensfonden og styregruppen for Partnerskab for sundheds- og sygehusinnovation finder projektet spændende og perspektivrigt. Det har resulteret i et historisk stort tilsagn på over 12 millioner kroner til gennemførelse af projektet, fordi det rummer et stort potentiale for en velfærdseffekt i form af effektivsering og forbedring af hospitalernes logistik. Intellignet hospitalslogistik (IHL) kombinerer eksisterende teknologier og skaber et nyt integreret transport- og lagersystem – en fuldautomatisk infrastruktur bygget ind i sygehusets vægge og lofter. Systemet gør vareforsyning og adgang til lagrede instrumenter og udstyr lige så nemt, som at sende eller modtage en rørpost. Hverdagen bliver nemmere for sygehuspersonalet på morgendagens sygehuse På fremtidens sygehuse vil løsningen adressere ca. 80% af de interne logistikopgaver og giver mere sundhed for pengene. Projektets korte udviklingshorisont og tætte dialog med sygehusene i Danmark, vil sikre at flere af de kommende sygehusbyggerier har mulighed for at indarbejde konceptet i deres byggeplaner. Men løsningen kan også etableres i eksisterende byggerier gennem ombygning, udvidelse eller gennem montage af udvendige forsyningsgange og skakter. Intelligent hospitalslogistik-konceptet har et kæmpe potentiale for ikke bare at effektivisere og forbedre danske hospitalers logistik, men også udenlandske hospitaler er potentielle kunder. Læs pressemeddelelse: “Banebrydende hospitalslogistik får historisk stor støtte.” Læs mere om IHL på www.ihl.nu Læs mere om IHL i De Danske Regioners pejlemærker her [...] Intelligent Systems-drevet koncept anbefales som fremtidens hospitalslogistikMarch 8, 2013Hospital / NyhederIntelligent Systems har gennem det sidste halvandet år arbejdet sammen med en række partnere – herunder Qubiqa, Schoeller Plast og NNE Pharmaplan, om at udvikle et nyt revolutionerende koncept til automatisering af logistikken på fremtidens hospitaler. Intelligent hospitalslogistik-konceptet (forkortet IHL) anbefales nu af De Danske Regioner i ”Afrapportering omkring transportteknologier”, som er et af 10 pejlemærker udstukket for de kommende sygehusbyggerier. Det nye koncept bliver anbefalet i rapporten fra De Danske Regioner med blandt andet følgende ord: ”Projektgruppen støtter fortsat op om projektet og ser det som et af de mest perspektivrige udviklingsprojekter i mange år inden for hospitalslogistik.” ”Jeg er utrolig glad for, at vores koncept anbefales,” fortæller direktør for Intelligent Systems Niki Nicolas Grigoriou. ”Det er et koncept, vi har arbejdet på i omkring halvanden år, hvor vi har arbejdet tæt sammen med vores samarbejdspartnere og en række sygehusfolk i Danmark. Det er fantastisk at få denne anerkendelse nu.” Pejlemærket om transportteknologier konkluderer, at Intelligent hospitalslogistik (IHL) er et meget lovende eksempel på nytænkning og innovation inden for hospitalslogistik. Det er kombinationen af transportteknologier i konceptet samt målretningen til hospitaler, der gør projektet unikt. Intelligent hospitalslogistik I Intelligent hospitalslogistik (IHL) konceptet kombineres eksisterende teknologier til at skabe et nyt integreret transport og lagersystem, som en fuldautomatisk infrastruktur bygget ind i sygehusets vægge og lofter. Systemet gør vareforsyning og adgang til lagrede instrumenter og udstyr lige så nemt, som at sende eller modtage en rørpost eller at tappe vand fra vandhanen. Som en sygeplejeske udtrykker det: ”I fremtiden kommer varerne ud af væggen, når man skal bruge dem!” Løsningen vil adressere omkring 80% af de interne logistikopgaver på fremtidens sygehuse. Konceptet er planlagt, videreudviklet og afprøvet i et omfattende projekt, der involverer fem danske sygehuse, som skal sikre at løsningen bliver enkel, pålidelig, intelligent og effektiv. Ti pejlemærker for fremtidens sygehusbyggeri De kommende år vil regionerne i Danmark investere kraftigt i byggeri af nye sygehuse samt i renovering og udbygning af de eksisterende. Investeringerne giver mulighed for nytænkning både i indretningen og dimensioneringen af sygehusene. I forbindelse med de nye sygehusbyggerier stilles der krav om, at sygehusene bliver 8% mere effektive end i dag og herefter skal der løbende optimeres med 2% om året. Det betyder, at man må anvende nye teknologier og bygge mere intelligent med henblik på at optimere arbejdsgange. Det er derfor vigtigt for regionerne at finde de helt rigtige løsninger at investere i. Det har resulteret i en systematisk opsamling og deling af viden imellem regionerne. Det tværgående samarbejde har nu taget form i ti fælles pejlemærker for videndeling i sygehusbyggeri. Du kan læse mere om de ti pejlemærker her. [...] Projekt kick-off på Den intelligente forsendelseskasseJanuary 23, 2013Hospital / NyhederProjektet ”Den intelligente forsendelseskasse” er blevet skudt i gang og Intelligent Systems spår en spændende fremtid for projektet, der vil forbedre kvaliteten af patientdiagnoser, øge sikkerheden og kvaliteten ved transport af blodprøver samt optimere ressourceforbruget for sygepersonalet ved fuldautomatisk udpakning, identifikation og sortering af prøverne. Ideen til projektet stammer fra idekonkurrencen ”RoboCall”, der blev afholdt på Aalborg Universitetshospital i 2010. Biokemiker Bioanalytiker Øjvind Thomasen, tidligere ansat ved Klinisk Biokemisk Afdeling på Aalborg Universitetshospital, indsendte sin ide omkring, hvordan man kunne skabe et mere effektivt laboratorium ved hjælp af intelligent sporbarheds- og robot-teknologi. Øjvind Thomasen og ideen vandt konkurrencen i kamp med ca. 43 andre forslag. Sidste år blev en række virksomheder præsenteret for problemstillingen. Det har resulteret i sammensætningen af projektpartnere, hvor projektets tovholder er Intelligent Systems. Niki Nicolas Grigoriou spår en lys fremtid for Den intelligente forsendelseskasse: ”Det er et unikt projekt og allerede nu efterspørges løsningen, og projektet vil skabe stor værdi for både patienter og sundhedspersonalet.” Tids- og ressourcebesparelser og øget sikkerhed Niki Nicolas Grigoriou forklarer: ”Den intelligente forsendelseskasse overvåger temperaturen under transporten og samtidig vil robot-automatiseringen på det biokemiske laboratorium gøre modtagelse, udpakning og sortering af prøver fuldautomatisk,” han tilføjer:”På det biokemiske laboratorium vil forsendelseskassen blive ført igennem en robotopstilling, der først åbner kassen, tager prøveglassene ud og sorterer dem, hvorefter kassen rengøres, lukkes og stables til genanvendelse.” Projektet har høj værdi for den offentlige velfærd, da et automatiseret system vil give en positiv samfundsøkonomisk effekt i form af bl.a. kortere indlæggelsestider og færre sygedage. Der skabes en øget omkostningseffektivitet, da de manuelle arbejdsgange automatiseres. Projekt med stort potentiale ”Jeg har fundet ud af, at behovet for en løsning, som den vi udvikler, er meget større end forventet – og jeg har været i dialog med flere hospitaler, som gerne vil anvende den. Det lader til de vil ordre løsningen eller dele af den i dag… eller hvis det var muligt i går,” tilføjer Niki Nicolas Grigoriou. Offentlig-privat innovationssamarbejde styrker private virksomheders markedsposition i forhold til både aktuelle danske og udenlandske sygehusbyggerier, og mulighederne åbnes inden for den store globale sundhedssektor. Niki Nicolas Grigoriou understreger:”Projektet har potentiale til at nå langt ud over landets grænser, da der ikke findes et system magen til. Det vil give adgang til et globalt milliardmarked for sundhedsteknologi. Det vil derfor også skabe vækst i Danmark, og forbedre konkurrenceevnen, da der er potentiale for eksport og både fastholde og skabe nye arbejdspladser.” Han tilføjer:”Hos Intelligent Systems arbejder vi med sporbarhedsteknologi inden for bl.a. industrielle områder og ser et stort potentiale i at anvende teknologien i sundhedsløsninger. Ved at udvikle løsninger til en så kritisk branche som sundhedssektoren, vil vi kunne opbygge og styrke vores kompetencer inden for sporbarhedsteknologi.” Projektet modtog i november en bevilling på 4 millioner fra Fornyelsesfonden og er et af flere projekter, der fokuserer på at skabe en mere intelligent logistik til fremtidens sygehuse. Projektarbejdet er netop skudt i gang med projekt-kick-off på Odense Universitetshospital, som også er projektpartner. Projektet forventes at skabe 25-30 arbejdspladser i Danmark over de næste år samt mulighed for yderligere arbejdspladser de følgende år. 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