Based in a simulated 24-bed ward facility, the innovative system uses specialist cameras to allow tutors and medical students to interact in a live patient care environment.
‘Control Center’, IndigoVision’s enterprise video and alarm management software, is used to manage the viewing of live and recorded network video and audio from each bed. The flexibility of the system allows the tutor to simultaneously monitor all 24 beds remotely and enter into a two-way conversation with students at the bedside - no longer does the consultant have to peer over the student’s shoulder.
Even though ‘Control Center’ is primarily designed for security applications, it was chosen because its features and high quality video and audio easily meet the standards demanded by this type of ‘video conferencing’ application. The video and audio from all training sessions is recorded at full frame rate on 6 IndigoVision stand-alone Networked Video Recorders (NVRs). The system allows the export of video and audio clips to show best practice and allow student review.
Each bed is monitored by a dedicated camera which is connected, together with a bedside microphone/speaker, to an IndigoVision 8000 transmitter/receiver unit. The 8000 then transmits MPEG-4 hi-quality 4SIF video and two-way audio onto a local private network. Each camera is under complete PTZ control by the tutor.