Philips e-Alert
Philips e-Alert
Philips e-Alert keeps a close virtual eye on your MR system and its environment – and issues real time alerts if one or more critical parameters are outside the specified threshold.
Philips e-Alert is an intelligent hardware and software-based environmental alerting system that keeps a close virtual eye on your MR system(s). Using powerful sensor technology, it continuously monitors key parameters of your MR systems and its environment– and issues real time alerts if one or more critical parameters are out of the specified threshold. Maintaining uptime of MR systems, this proactive approach supports the collaboration between you and Philips to respond quickly, helping to identify and may reduce potential issues before they can impact your operations.
- Inform: Delivers proactive monitoring and real-time alerts.
- Act: Allows you to take timely action.
- Resolve: Let you address potential issues before they escalate.
Service delivery summary
Philips e-Alert service has two components:
- Philips e-Alert standalone hardware solution: An intelligent hardware and software based environmental alerting system which uses powerful sensor technology and continuously monitors key parameters of MR systems and their environment.
- Philips e-Alert integrated software solution: A software-based tool that monitors a defined set of critical parameters for your MR system.
Benefits
- System uptime: Provides real time alerts and continuous monitoring of key parameters, helps address potential issues before they occur
- Enhances patient throughput: Can inform you of system issues before patients arrive, providing the ability to reduce unexpected re-scheduling
- Reduce unexpected maintenance: May help reduce unexpected costs for your MR system(s) by early alerting
- Monitors system performance: Offers remote monitoring and alerting on system performance and environmental conditions over time
- Help improve sustainability: May help you reduce unnecessary Helium boil-off at your facility1
Why now
Maintaining MR systems uptime is essential to the delivery of effective and high-quality care.
- To ensure MR systems can deliver the quality, efficiency, and uptime you need, critical parameters such as ‘chiller status’, ‘temperature of water supply’ and ‘gas’, ‘humidity’ - must be just right.
- Achieving the ideal balance of these environmental factors is key to an optimal system performance.
- Insight into these metrics and knowing when and how to respond if an issue arises is essential to maintaining uptime, improving efficiency, and reducing maintenance cost and effort.
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Footnotes
- Only for MRI systems with a 10K magnet.
Disclaimer
Results are specific to the institution where they were obtained and may not reflect the results achievable at other institutions. Results in other cases may vary.