GL conveys the availability of its "Online and Real-Time Network Surveillance Capability for SS7, ISDN, and Wireless Networks"

Gaithersburg, Maryland (PRWEB) March 13, 2012

GL Communications Inc. a leader in providing PC-based test, analysis and simulation products and consulting services to the worldwide telecommunications industry, conveyed today the availability of “Online and Real-Time Network Surveillance Capability for SS7, ISDN, and Wireless Networks” with their comprehensive NetSurveyor product line.

Speaking to the press, Mr. Vijay Kulkarni CEO of the company said, The SS7 network is the backbone for fast and efficient signaling irrespective of network type – whether wireless, wired, or VoIP. Also, the inherent database features of SS7 make todays advanced intelligent features and services a reality. To keep pace with this evolution, GL has enhanced its SS7 monitoring and diagnostic system. Not only can it be used for billing verification, remote protocol analysis, and traffic engineering, but now it can also provide key performance indicators, failure analysis, and call trace capability, to name a few.

He added, A network operator, service provider, or equipment manufacturer must have the means to perform the above surveillance tasks remotely, automatically, and non-intrusively. Fortunately, the network backbone contains a wealth of information that can be monitored and collected to support these activities.

Mr Kulkarni further explained, GL’s SS7 (and ISDN) Network Monitoring System uses an open three tier distributed architecture driven by non-intrusive hardware probes, intelligent software, and a database engine. The architecture is shown above and consists of a scalable and flexible system, so the user can use it for multiple sites and various applications. T1 E1 T3 Probes are deployed in the field to monitor various protocols and conditions, which are then collected at a central site into a database. Data records are stored into a centralized database (Oracle, SQL-Server, DB2, etc.) using ODBC. Various Client applications can be written (in VB, Power Builder, etc.) to interrogate database records and provide a user-friendly interface for query and display. With the use of web server, the monitoring can also be facilitated using simple web browser interface, called NetSurveyor.

Important Features

.T1 / E1 Probes non-intrusively monitor physical lines of the network.

GL conveys the availability of its "Online and Real-Time Network Surveillance Capability for SS7, ISDN, and Wireless Networks"

Video Surveillance Professionals Choose Proxicast"s 3G and 4G Routers

Pittsburgh, PA. (PRWEB) April 13, 2012

Video surveillance (CCTV) systems increasingly utilize IP-based cameras and incorporate the Internet for communications to decrease costs and increase remote monitoring flexibility. The rapidly expanding coverage and speeds of new 4G cellular wireless networks further enhances the deployment and capability of remote video surveillance applications.

Proxicast, manufacturer of the LAN-Cell and PocketPORT families of 3G and 4G cellular routers (LTE, HSPA+), announces that its products have now been deployed by over three dozen of the nations leading video solution providers for numerous transportation, construction, military and law enforcement remote video security applications.

Proxicasts family of 3G and 4G routers (LTE, HSPA+) are the perfect communications gateway for providing remote monitoring and video surveillance. Customers have deployed the LAN-Cell and PocketPORT cellular routers for applications such as:

Video Surveillance Professionals Choose Proxicast"s 3G and 4G Routers

GL Conveys its Expertise in Designing Video Surveillance and Passenger Information Systems for Mass Transit Agencies

Gaithersburg, MD (PRWEB) August 02, 2012

GL Communications Inc. a leader in providing PC-based test, analysis and simulation products and consulting services to the worldwide telecommunications industry, conveyed today its expertise in designing Video Surveillance and Passenger Information Systems for Mass Transit Agencies.

Speaking to the press, Mr. Vijay Kulkarni, CEO of the company said, The goal of Video Surveillance and Passenger Information Systems (PIS) that many Mass Transit agencies use is of transit network operation and passenger safety. In general, such surveillance and information systems help: Provide patrons with a 24 x 7 contact point in case of emergency, allow for important announcements to patrons, allow for displays using LED signs for special events and train or bus schedules, assist police to prevent and discourage crimes, and monitor transit network operations.

He added, Mass transit agencies in many countries are increasingly using Video or Close Circuit Television (CCTV) surveillance to enhance public security within the transit network. Experience shows that video surveillance has been successful in reducing and preventing crimes and helpful in prosecuting individuals caught in the act of committing a crime by having access to recorded evidence of crime scenes. Overall, operational cost savings are realized. Video surveillance systems can passively record and play back video as needed or be actively monitored by security personnel.

Mr. Kulkarni further added, CCTV Surveillance and PIS have evolved from standalone displays and audio to multimodal integrated systems to keep passengers informed and safe within public transit systems, such as trains, station platforms, buses and bus shelters. Left Objects Detection (LOD) feature of CCTV systems have become very popular and useful to prevent serious crimes such as early detection of timed-release explosive materials. Modern systems incorporate multiple communications technologies, including IP networks, wireless networks, video streaming, advanced visual displays, public address, emergency intercom etc. They are controlled and managed from a centralized operations center and deliver real time information for remote monitoring and control.

Mr. Kulkarni added, Transit agencies need to consider many factors while planning and implementing passenger information and security systems. They include: Customer satisfaction and ADA (Americans with Disability Act) compliance, use of modern State-of-Art technology solutions, system scalability for future expansion and upgrades, passenger growth and convenience, advertising potential, capital expenditure and long term sustained cost savings and reduced recurring expenditure (manpower, infrastructure maintenance, transmission bandwidth etc.).

GLs expertise span in designing CCTV Surveillance Systems, station emergency telephone systems, public address (PA) and LED sign systems and more.

About GL Communications Inc.,

Founded in 1986, GL Communications Inc. Provides technical consulting, engineering and testing services in wireless, telecom, and IT disciplines. Our customers include telecom wireless and landline carriers, mass transit and public safety systems nationwide. We have designed hundreds of wired and wireless telecom network systems over the past 23 years.

GL is a DBE/MBE firm certified by Maryland’s Department of Transportation (MDOT), Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT), and South Eastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA).

GLs TDM Analysis & Emulation line of products includes T1, E1, T3, E3, OC-3, OC-12, STM-1, STM-4, analog four-wire, and analog two-wire interface cards, external portable pods, and complete system solutions. Capabilities include voiceband traffic analysis and emulation across all traffic types (voice, digits, tones, fax, modem), all protocols (ISDN, SS7, GR-303, Frame Relay, HDLC, V5.X, ATM, GSM, GPRS, LTE, etc.), and with capacities up to thousands of channels. Our newest products provide astonishing capacity and capture capability up to and including gigabit speeds.

GLs VoIP and IP products generate / analyze thousands of calls and traffic simultaneously with traffic types such as frames, packets, voice files, digits, video, tones, noise, and fax. Almost all codecs are supported including G.711, G.729, AMR, EVRC-A, B, C, GSM, iSAC, and many more. Additional features include visual analysis, real-time listening, and recording. The product line also includes Ethernet / IP Testing capability that simulates and checks frame transport and throughput parameters of Ethernet and IP networks, including delay, errors and other impairments.

GL’s Voice Quality Testing (VQT) product line complements all of GL’s products. Using ITU-standard algorithms (PAMS, PSQM, and PESQ), GL’s VQT provides a widely accepted solution for assessing voice quality in the telecom industry. Voice Quality Testing across multiple networks (T1, E1, T3, E3, OC-3, OC-12, VoIP, Wireless, and Landline) is available.

GLs Wireless Products perform protocol analysis and voice quality assessment on GSM, CDMA, UMTS, and LTE networks. Connections can be made to any wireless phone with automated call control, GPS mapping and real-time signal measurements.

GLs Echo Canceller testing solutions provide the broadest range of simulation and analysis, including line and acoustic echo. GLs compliance testing per G.168. G.167 and P.340 across TDM, IP, VoIP and Wireless networks is widely accepted in the industry.

GLs wireless VQT solutions help assessing impairments to voice quality such as poor mobile phone quality, voice compression and decompression algorithms, delay, loss and gain in speech levels, noise, acoustic and landline echo, and other distortions are easily assessed and accurately measured.

GLs Handheld data testers can test a wide variety of communications facilities and equipment including T1, fractional T1, E1, fractional E1, T3 and E3 modems, multiplexers, CSU, DSUs, T1 CSUs, DTUs, NTUs and TIUs and more. The testers provide convenience, economy, and portability for almost any interface, including RS232, RS-422, RS-530, X.21, T1, E1, T3, E3, and many others.

GLs Network Surveillance and Monitoring products include Probes for TDM, IP, VoIP, ATM, and Wireless networks. An open standards based approach provides a scalable, feature rich, real-time access to network characteristics. Centralized or distributed access, efficient transport and database loading allow compatibility with 3rd party and standards based monitoring systems.

GL Conveys its Expertise in Designing Video Surveillance and Passenger Information Systems for Mass Transit Agencies

Genetec to Showcase Latest Advances in IP License Plate Recognition, Video Surveillance and Access Control Technology at ASIS 2012

Montreal, QC., Canada (PRWEB) August 17, 2012

At the upcoming ASIS trade show and conference on booth #3514, Genetec, a pioneer in the physical security industry and a leading provider of world-class unified IP security solutions, will showcase the latest advances in its unified security platform, Security Center, which blends license plate recognition (LPR), video surveillance and access control into one easy-to-use platform. Show attendees will also have the opportunity to climb aboard Genetec’s AutoVu Demonstration Vehicle to experience the state-of-the-art in mobile license plate recognition technology, while driving around the streets of Philadelphia.

The newest version of Security Center introduces a host of new features designed to further enhance security events and video monitoring, simplify the system’s operation, streamline upgrades and maintenance activities, and help users easily monitor the health of their entire security platform. Also featured in Security Center is Plan Manager, an advanced map-based interface that allows users to create a virtual environment from maps, floor plans, or GIS (geographic information system) maps for all types of sites including cities, neighborhoods, airports, campuses, industrial sites, and buildings. With Plan Manager, each video surveillance entity (cameras, sensors, doors, alarms, etc.) is represented on the map by an icon. Operators can simply click on these icons to trigger actions such as ‘show a camera’, ‘lock a door’, ‘execute a macro’, ‘turn off an alarm’, etc.

Security Center also features the latest in mobile applications allowing organizations to equip their security personnel with an Apple

Genetec to Showcase Latest Advances in IP License Plate Recognition, Video Surveillance and Access Control Technology at ASIS 2012

Warsaw Stock Exchange Selects SunGards Protegent and Valdi for Market Abuse Surveillance

Warsaw, Poland (PRWEB) September 24, 2012

The Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE), the securities and commodities exchange mandated to organize and manage the trading of securities in Poland, has selected SunGards Protegent compliance solution and Valdi electronic trading tools for real-time surveillance and monitoring of trading activity on the exchange. Protegent and Valdi will help enhance the WSEs ability to supervise members connected to its trading platforms and help improve its capability to manage market-making activity as well as detect potential errant and suspicious trading patterns.

A customer of SunGards trading solutions for more than 10 years, the WSE will use SunGards Protegent market abuse solution to help enhance its analysis of specific market conditions and trigger alerts in real time, helping the WSE comply with the Market Abuse Directive, including European Securities and Markets Authoritys (ESMA) 2012/122 Guidelines Systems and controls in an automated trading environment and Regulation (EU) No. 236/2012 for Short Selling. In addition, Valdis flashback function will allow the WSE to analyze historical market situations by rebuilding the order book at any point in time, while its historical data will provide insight into trading patterns. Users will be able to analyze orders and trading patterns across individual or multiple asset classes and trading venues via graphical displays and a rules and reports library.

SunGards Valdi will give the WSEs surveillance teams a detailed, real-time view of market data and trading activity regardless of the connectivity tools used by WSE members.

Adam Maciejewski, member of the management board of the Warsaw Stock Exchange, said, Surveillance tools are an absolute requirement as stock exchanges around the world seek to ensure fair and orderly markets. The WSE selected SunGards Protegent because it is an efficient, proven and system-agnostic solution that complements our existing arsenal of market protection capabilities. Valdi will help the WSE improve our ability to monitor exchange trading activity and give our surveillance team enhanced access to real-time data, helping them identify trading patterns that might reveal market abuse.

Philippe Carr

Warsaw Stock Exchange Selects SunGards Protegent and Valdi for Market Abuse Surveillance

GL Announces Enhanced NetSurveyorWeb (Web Based Network Surveillance System for TDM Networks)

Gaithersburg, Maryland (PRWEB) September 25, 2012

GL Communications Inc. announced today the release of its enhanced NetSurveyorWeb – A web-based client that can connect to SS7 / ISDN / GSM / GPRS probes through a web server that facilitates display of call data records using a web interface.

Speaking to reporters, Mr. Jagdish Vadalia Senior Manager of Product Development for the company said, The SS7 network is the backbone for fast and efficient signaling irrespective of network type – whether wireless, wired, or VoIP. Also, the inherent database features of SS7 make todays advanced intelligent features and services a reality. To keep pace with this evolution, GL has enhanced its SS7 monitoring and diagnostic system. Not only can it be used for billing verification, remote protocol analysis, and traffic engineering, but now it can also provide key performance indicators, failure analysis, and call trace capability, to name a few.

He added, “A network operator, service provider, or equipment manufacturer must have the means to perform the above surveillance tasks remotely, automatically, and non-intrusively. Fortunately, the network backbone contains a wealth of information that can be monitored and collected to support these activities.”

Mr. Vadalia explained, “GL’s TDM Network Monitoring System uses an open three tier distributed architecture driven by non-intrusive hardware probes, intelligent software, and a database engine. The architecture is shown in the graphic below that consists of a scalable and flexible system, so the user can use it for multiple sites and various applications.

T1 E1 T3 E3 Probes are deployed in the field to monitor various protocols and conditions, which are then collected at a central site into a database. Data records are stored into a centralized database (Oracle) using ODBC. With the use of web server, the remote / local monitoring can be accessed using simple web browser interface such as NetSurveyorWeb”.

Key Benefits of NetsurveyorWeb

Ability to identify and analyze network trends using Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

Automatically alert users when “Calls of Interest” occur

Flexible report generation

Comprehensive analysis from overall network health to detailed protocol monitoring

Some of the Important Features

Access real-time data and historic remotely via browser based clients

Set alarm conditions and generate alerts of different types like email alert, visual alert, audible alert, or even log into tables for future analysis

Reports are displayed both in tabular and graphical formats; customize reports and graphs based on SQL queries

Graphs provided for Call Completion Ratio, Link Name Message Counters, Time Duration Message Counters, and Disposition Count

Real-time data displays information such as called number, calling number, source & destination IP address, RTP packet details, call flow graph, frame decodes and more

Typical Applications

Call Detail Records, fraud detection and location, remote protocol analysis and troubleshooting, real-time signaling monitor, traffic optimization engineering, statistics

Determine actual call signaling routes to verify network functionality under all situations including congestion and loss of SS7 nodes

Revenue and billing verification, alarm monitoring, intrusive testing

Quality of service measurements, call trace and recording

About GL Communications Inc.,

Founded in 1986, GL Communications Inc. is a leading supplier of test, monitoring, and analysis equipment for TDM, Wireless, IP and VoIP networks. Unlike conventional test equipment, GL’s test platforms provide visualization, capture, storage, and convenient features like portability, remotability, and scripting.

GLs TDM Analysis & Emulation line of products includes T1, E1, T3, E3, OC-3, OC-12, STM-1, STM-4, analog four-wire, and analog two-wire interface cards, external portable pods, and complete system solutions. Capabilities include voiceband traffic analysis and emulation across all traffic types (voice, digits, tones, fax, modem), all protocols (ISDN, SS7, GR-303, Frame Relay, HDLC, V5.X, ATM, GSM, GPRS, LTE, etc.), and with capacities up to thousands of channels. Our newest products provide astonishing capacity and capture capability up to and including gigabit speeds.

GLs VoIP and IP products generate / analyze thousands of calls and traffic simultaneously with traffic types such as frames, packets, voice files, digits, video, tones, noise, and fax.

GL Announces Enhanced NetSurveyorWeb (Web Based Network Surveillance System for TDM Networks)

New Report Video Surveillance As A Service Market (2012-2017) by MarketsandMarkets

(PRWEB) September 28, 2012

According to a new market research report Video Surveillance As A Service Market [By Service (Hosted, Managed, Hybrid) & Components (Camera, Storage, Server, Video Analytics), Application & Geography] – Global Forecast & Analysis (2012-2017) published by MarketsandMarkets (http://www.marketsandmarkets.com), the VSaaS market, on the whole, is expected to reach $ 2,390.9 million by 2017 at a CAGR of 31.5% from 2012 to 2017.

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The cloud computing and storage phenomenon is a revolutionary technology in the IT space which is slowly but swiftly expanding its horizons into the slow-adopting video surveillance space. Video Surveillance and storage on the cloud has several advantages up its sleeve as it reduces the amount of technical resources required to maintain a system while streamlining the security operations in a centralized IT data center, thus making them increasingly more efficient.

With the maturity of the VSaaS market in the years to come, the market would witness the adoption of three salient models governing the whole business mode. The first model caters to the physical security customers who would prefer storage and retrieval of the video through cloud which would require no capital investment in the equipment. The second model would let the usage of cloud services in the form of a private network infrastructure which doesnt necessitate the need for transferring the whole video into the cloud. The third model postulates the usage of remote monitoring having servers and storage on the back-end, the entire video system infrastructure in between along with the appliances and cameras on the front end.

The key factors driving the Video Surveillance as a service (VSaaS) market include IT cost containment by major corporates, emergence of data centers, need for centralized data and application management, new features and technologies like IOT(Internet of Things) and field of view(FOV). On the other side, bandwidth and corporate protocols, network security and high infrastructure cost restrain the market growth of video surveillance as a service (VSaaS) market. In terms of revenue generation, as of 2011, North America held the highest share, i.e. 37.5%, followed by Europe with 34.82%.

Currently, Video Surveillance as a Service is used in commercial, institutional, infrastructural, industrial and residential applications. Storage on EDGE, intelligent business services and mobile device access are a few opportunities expected to open new horizons for the development of the VSaaS market. Overall, North America and Europe are the major contributors in the VSaaS application market, but a paradigm shift is expected in the next five years when countries such as Japan, China, and India will have a major chunk in the market share of the Video Surveillance as a service market.

Amongst the various end-user applications under the video surveillance as a service market, the classification was done on the basis of various commercial, infrastructural, industrial, institutional and residential applications. Amongst the commercial applications, the office segment is observed to hold the highest share, i.e. 41.10%, growing at a CAGR of 42%. In the infrastructure market (encapsulating highways, streets & bridges, transportation, communications and stadiums), highways, streets and bridges is expected to increase with the highest CAGR of 12.9% followed by communications segment growing with a CAGR of 12.1%.

The global video surveillance as a service market is expected to grow from $ 474.0 million in 2011 to $ 2,390.9 million in 2017 at a CAGR of 31.5% from 2012 to 2017. The APAC region is observed to grow at the highest rate. This is primarily due to the growth of technology, increasing awareness about video surveillance and the ever-increasing need for the cloud services as an option for efficient data and application management.

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Berthel Fisher & Company Financial Services, Inc. Goes Live with SunGards Protegent for Social Media and Website Surveillance

Marion, IA (PRWEB) December 11, 2012

Berthel Fisher & Company Financial Services, Inc. (Berthel Fisher), a brokerdealer founded and headquartered in Iowa since 1985, has gone live with SunGards Protegent Social Media Surveillance for regulatory compliance and monitoring of its advisors online activity.

Financial firms use of social networking sites to promote their businesses can present significant risks if the content violates internal communication and regulatory policies. SunGards Protegent Social Media Surveillance helps firms archive, monitor, report and filter content posted on social networking sites like Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter to help alleviate this risk.

Vicki Reighard-Kean, chief compliance officer at Berthel Fisher, said, SunGards strong track record in compliance solutions, as well as its ability to offer surveillance for both social media and websites, gives us confidence that we will be able to comply with the latest regulations.

Steve Sabin, chief operating officer of SunGards Protegent business unit, said, Advisors need to be able to reach their clients wherever they are, including on social networks and the web. SunGards Protegent provides tools to help broker dealers participate in those sites without creating regulatory and reputational risks.

About Berthel Fisher & Company Financial Services, Inc.

Berthel Fisher & Company Financial Services, Inc. (BFCFS), headquartered in Marion, Iowa, is a pioneer in the independent broker/dealer industry. BFCFS offers investment banking services and a full-range of investment products and investment advisory services to investors, as well as a complete line of insurance, banking, and lending services in all 50 states through 385 Representative offices. Berthel Fisher & Company Financial Services, Inc. is a subsidiary of Berthel Fisher & Company, a financial holding company. Berthel Fisher & Company owns Securities Management and Research, Inc. (SM&R) a broker/dealer with 300 Representatives as well as BFC Planning, Inc., a Registered Investment Advisor.

For more information about Berthel Fisher & Company Financial Services, Inc. visit http://www.berthel.com.

About SunGards Protegent

SunGard’s Protegent is a suite of solutions that help automate financial institutions compliance processes. It helps give financial institutions transparency into their data while helping them to enforce and document their compliance policies and procedures. Protegents solutions cover social media review, personal trading oversight, market abuse, Reg NMS, Order Audit Trail System (OATS), and transaction supervision and surveillance review. For more information, please visit http://www.sungard.com/protegent.

About SunGard

SunGard is one of the worlds leading software and technology services companies. SunGard has more than 17,000 employees and serves approximately 25,000 customers in more than 70 countries. SunGard provides software and processing solutions for financial services, education and the public sector. SunGard also provides disaster recovery services, managed IT services, information availability consulting services and business continuity management software. With annual revenue of about $ 4.5 billion, SunGard is the largest privately held software and services company and is ranked 480 on the Fortune 500. For more information, please visit http://www.sungard.com.

Trademark Information: SunGard, the SunGard logo and Protegent are trademarks or registered trademarks of SunGard Data Systems Inc. or its subsidiaries in the U.S. and other countries. All other trade names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.

Berthel Fisher & Company Financial Services, Inc. Goes Live with SunGards Protegent for Social Media and Website Surveillance

(PRWEB) December 19, 2012 Carle Hospital and Physician Group, based in Urbana, Ill., has deployed ICNet, the leading automated infection surveillance system, which monitors an array of clinical data streams and provides real-time alerts that allow infection prevention teams to identify affected patients more quickly and avert potential disease transmission. ICNet, serving more than 1,000 hospitals globally including a growing number in North America has also provided Carles 345-bed hospital and multiple regional clinics with a pharmacy module that interfaces with the health systems electronic medical record system to ensure appropriate prescribing of antibiotics, detect and prevent adverse drug events, and provide more accurate and powerful reports on a wide range of quality-of-care metrics. We are proud to be able to bring our infection prevention and antimicrobial stewardship solutions to a healthcare provider with as strong a reputation for clinical excellence as Carle, said Adam Boris. Implementing electronic surveillance is ever more important to achieve top-quartile performance in patient safety metrics to ensure maximum reimbursement from Medicare and provide meaningful improvement in national hospital quality scores. We wanted an automated surveillance system that could take multiple data feeds, including device data, vital signs and lab results, bring these processes into a single system, and provide us with much more flexible reporting and alerting capability than we have had to date, said Daniel Bronson-Lowe, PhD, CIC, Senior Infection Preventionist at Carle. By filtering data and reducing the need for manual identification of potential infections, the software will allow Carles infection preventionists to spend more time improving care processes and working with staff, Bronson-Lowe said. ICNet will also be invaluable to us in reporting surgical data to state and federal agencies. It would be very difficult for an organization of our size to do that manually. The system has been of particular value already in alerting staff to multiple-drug-resistant organisms (MDROs) such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, he said. The rise of MDROs in hospitals and other care settings is one reason that the federal government has stepped up reporting of infection data and prohibited reimbursements to treat healthcare-associated infections. About ICNet ICNet Carle Targets Healthcare-Associated Infections with New Surveillance Software

(PRWEB) December 19, 2012

Carle Hospital and Physician Group, based in Urbana, Ill., has deployed ICNet, the leading automated infection surveillance system, which monitors an array of clinical data streams and provides real-time alerts that allow infection prevention teams to identify affected patients more quickly and avert potential disease transmission.

ICNet, serving more than 1,000 hospitals globally including a growing number in North America has also provided Carles 345-bed hospital and multiple regional clinics with a pharmacy module that interfaces with the health systems electronic medical record system to ensure appropriate prescribing of antibiotics, detect and prevent adverse drug events, and provide more accurate and powerful reports on a wide range of quality-of-care metrics.

We are proud to be able to bring our infection prevention and antimicrobial stewardship solutions to a healthcare provider with as strong a reputation for clinical excellence as Carle, said Adam Boris. Implementing electronic surveillance is ever more important to achieve top-quartile performance in patient safety metrics to ensure maximum reimbursement from Medicare and provide meaningful improvement in national hospital quality scores.

We wanted an automated surveillance system that could take multiple data feeds, including device data, vital signs and lab results, bring these processes into a single system, and provide us with much more flexible reporting and alerting capability than we have had to date, said Daniel Bronson-Lowe, PhD, CIC, Senior Infection Preventionist at Carle.

By filtering data and reducing the need for manual identification of potential infections, the software will allow Carles infection preventionists to spend more time improving care processes and working with staff, Bronson-Lowe said. ICNet will also be invaluable to us in reporting surgical data to state and federal agencies. It would be very difficult for an organization of our size to do that manually.

The system has been of particular value already in alerting staff to multiple-drug-resistant organisms (MDROs) such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, he said. The rise of MDROs in hospitals and other care settings is one reason that the federal government has stepped up reporting of infection data and prohibited reimbursements to treat healthcare-associated infections.

About ICNet

ICNet

Carle Targets Healthcare-Associated Infections with New Surveillance Software