LifeSize HD Video Communications: Healthcare

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Healthcare professionals understand the potential to improve access to medical services through telemedicine, but the poor quality and high cost of legacy videoconferencing systems has limited clinical application. LifeSize introduced the world’s first high definition video communication systems in 2005, and medical institutions around the globe are turning to LifeSize to extend their services and further improve the care they provide. Telemedicine is making health care better and more accessible.

Reaching more patients
Distance poses a special challenge for health care. How do you connect a patient to the right specialist many miles away? How do you deliver basic health care to rural communities and sparsely populated areas? How can a team of caregivers meet to develop a treatment plan? Distance and time are major barriers to better healthcare.

LifeSize high definition solutions enable health care professionals to see patients otherwise beyond their reach and to connect patients to clinicians at different medical facilities, making healthcare more accessible to everyone.

Providing better care
LifeSize high definition solutions enable patient consultations with specialists far away. A referring physician and a specialist can view patient records and X-rays simultaneously via data sharing while examining the patient on a separate screen. Additional input from off-site experts can result in earlier diagnosis and quicker care.

LifeSize provides new ways to deliver a variety of clinical and support services, including patient education. Using the embedded high definition bridge (multipoint control unit, or MCU) in the LifeSize system, healthcare professionals can add additional caregivers to a video call without the need for extra equipment, advance scheduling or a technician.

Research and training
LifeSize high definition solutions provide a telepresence experience that helps medical experts and scientists collaborate on research without leaving their laboratories. Incoporating LifeSize into a healthcare environment, teaching hospitals can make it possible for remote students to see and ask a doctor about a surgical procedure while it is underway or help diagnose a patient from afar. LifeSize delivers true high definition video resolution (1280 x 720 pixels at 30 frames per second) and a true-to-life experience, making it possible to view surgeries via video and see exactly what the surgeon does

LifeSize Communications supports the healthcare industry
LifeSize supports medical institutions in their development of new telemedicine applications that will enhance and improve the way health care is delivered to patients.

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