Technology partnerships

Philips is leading the effort to shape device interoperability standards by participating in global working groups that are defining Service-oriented Device Connectivity (SDC) standards, forming SDC Collaboration Agreements with other companies and by making our own devices SDC compliant. These standards can radically change clinicians’ experience by enabling them to use truly integrated medical devices. With SDC, bi-directional communication between devices offers a simplified way for clinicians to view – and act on – live-streaming, aggregated patient data.

Our partnerships with wearable biosensor companies open new sightlines into patients’ status in the hospital and at home. Integrated insights from Philips in-hospital patient monitoring platforms and wearable biosensors may increase timely interventions to facilitate better care. Entire new care pathways become possible by expanding vital sign collection capabilities, allowing patients to receive the appropriate level of monitoring – in the appropriate setting – from hospital to home.

Hospitals often need multiple monitors to capture vital signs using the clinician’s preferred technologies. Philips partnerships with monitoring companies address this issue by integrating their measurement technologies into Philips IntelliVue patient monitors. This integration provides clinicians with the freedom to choose their preferred technologies for monitoring vital signs, all within a single, seamless system.