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TMM Software and Ilex combine their knowledge of the healthcare sector
December 2010 by Marc Jacob
Healthcare is a complex economic sector where legislative oversight is rigorous. Establishments need to combine data security and ergonomics. Computerisation of tools used in the provision of healthcare (patient file, medical prescriptions, care records, etc.) can not be avoided. Then again, how can these applications be accessed securely from the patient’s bedside?
By combining their knowledge, TMM Software and Ilex offer a solution that is perfectly adapted to the requirements of the healthcare establishment.
The Multimed software platform from TMM Software offers communication and entertainment solutions for patients as well as access to medical/care applications for healthcare professionals on all types of touch-screen terminals. Sign&go Santé, the access control and Single-Sign-On solution from Ilex, has just enhanced this product by adding a security dimension when healthcare professionals access applications from the terminals.
Connection is quick and simple. Switching between patient (information/entertainment) and healthcare-professional contexts is immediate and secure. Authentication of the professional can be performed by CPS card, enabling the establishment to adhere to the regulations in force (Confidentiality Decree).
In reality, each terminal is permanently associated to a bed, and a bed is allocated to each patient at the point of admission to a department. When consulting with the patient, a doctor inserts their CPS card in the card-reader integrated into the multimedia terminal and is then presented with a Sign&go Santé authentication screen asking them to enter their PIN code on the virtual keyboard. To do this, the entertainment context is placed in the background so that the doctor’s context can be displayed. Once the PIN code has been entered, Sign&go Santé verifies the card holder’s identity via the certificate held within it. The application is automatically launched, enabling the doctor to directly access the patient’s medical file.
Removal of the CPS card automatically disconnects the session and the patient is returned to their entertainment context.
This technology partnership ensures higher functionality and a perfect interoperability between the solutions from Ilex and TMM Software. The Valence and Castres-Mazamet Hospitals have already decided to equip their establishments with touch-screen multimedia terminals integrating the TMM Software and Ilex solutions, giving them access to CristalNet (Valence hospital) and Cortexte (Castres-Mazamet hospital) for accessing patient files. This solution satisfies the needs of the hospital of the future by making hospital IT available from anywhere and to all authorised users. It equally extends to ’administrative’ services, such as the biocleaning and maintenance management modules, both developed and implemented by TMM Software.
