The Customer
OSM GmbH, based in Essen, Germany, develop and sell OPUS::L,
the leading data management solution for hospital and health management
laboratories.  In
a laboratory environment, OPUS::L correlates blood analyzer data with
patient information and transmits the results to the correct doctors
and wards. There is no room for error and, in turn, the hospitals save
time and money.
In use at more than 180 hospitals, OPUS::L is scalable
to handle medical environments from small clinics up to hospitals with
more than 2,000 beds.
The Challenge
“When you are dealing with lab results,
you are directly in touch with human life. In the medical field
a manufacturer is quickly confronted with a life or death situation,
especially in the emergency room. Providing the correct data at
the right time is critical to allow the doctors to start effective
life saving measures.” says Kai Richarz, Head
of Sales with OSM.
When designing OPUS::L, OSM needed a solution that would
allow them to connect a blood analyzer, barcode scanner and label printer
to a network and then capture and transmit vital data to the intended
recipients.
The Solution
OSM spent a long time looking for a cost effective solution
that would handle the data traffic and fit in seamlessly with the OPUS::L
data and software architecture. Perle IOLAN+ Terminal Servers proved
to be the perfect product to complete the OPUS::L solution.
 When
the blood samples enter the lab, a barcode scanner captures the patient
information that has been sent over with the blood. Simultaneously,
a new label is printed for a special ‘blood analysis tube’.
The original blood sample can now be transferred to the new tube for
examination by the blood analyzer equipment. Upon completion of the
analysis, the patient record is updated with the results of the blood
tests and immediately transmitted across the network to the appropriate
doctors and wards.
OPUS::L developers were especially impressed with the
high reliability of the Perle IOLAN+. “We simply
saw far less failures with Perle than with other products. And the
Perle Terminal Servers integrated quickly and easily into our software
without a fuss”, insists Stephan Geldsetzer, Head
of Purchasing at OSM.
Reliability is by far the most important feature of Perle
Terminal Servers. Should any server fail this could lead to an entire
lab being unavailable. This simply can not happen in the day-to-day
operations of a clinic. |
