Ambulance

Focus on Cloud-Based Resource Optimization Technology
”It has been our privilege
to have worked closely
with Western Cape EMS
management and staff
to implement our full
CareMonX EMS Suite which
has transformed WC EMS
into one of the most joined-up EMS services
anywhere in the world today.”
Peter Nelson
President Business Development
Valentia Technologies
seconds off each initial communication. Use
of real-time status updates and two-way
messaging has created additional benefits
in the form of resource optimisation and
capacity management. Additionally, intuitive
navigation (map data provided by TomTom)
in the MDT application has improved onscene
arrival performance.
records from in-field ambulances to hospital
Emergency Departments where they are
immediately viewable, thereby optimising
use of the all-important “golden hour” for
enhanced treatment outcomes. CareMonX
ePCR also produces valuable operational
and clinical data that contribute to improving
service planning and paramedic staff skilling.
“Implementation of Valentia
Technologies CareMonX
EMS Suite has provided
Western Cape EMS with one
of the most comprehensive
and technologically advanced
EMS business solutions in the
developed world today.”
Dr Shaheem De Vries
Director
Western Cape EMS
EMS Suite
Systems
• Emergency CAD
• Patient Transport CAD
• Repatriation CAD
• Major Incident CAD
• Mobile Doctor/Nurse CAD
• Dispatch Management
• Mobilisation (MDT)
• Location Management
• Community Responder Apps
• Electronic Patient Care Reporting (ePCR)
• Roster Management
• Fleet Management
• Billing Management
• Operational Analytics
Features
• Service Oriented Architecture
• Cloud enabled
• Survivable multi node
• Multi OS enabled
• 4G, 3G, Wi-Fi and TETRA enabled
• Standards-based PBX integration
• HL7 and health information exchange with
wider health services
CareMonX ePCR has enabled WC EMS to
switch from manual paper recording to realtime
digital capture for care interventions
associated with the 500,000+ incidents
responded to annually. As well as freeing up
valuable paramedic time, CareMonX ePCR
facilitates real-time transmission of care
WESTERN
CAPE
Key Facts
Population 6.20m
Size
129,462km2
Population Density 45.0 per km2
WC EMS
Personnel 1,950
Control Rooms 6
Stations 55
Operational Fleet 460
Calls Received 735,000
Incidents Attended 515,000
Patients Transported 620,000
PTS Transports 95,000
Director
Dr. Shaheem de Vries
Web
westerncape.gov.za
As CareMonX EMS Suite includes extensive
in-built healthcare data sharing capabilities
that enable EMS services to integrate with
wider healthcare services, the WC EMS
solution has been further designed to
directly support the Service’s strategy of
playing an increasingly pivotal role in the
continuum of community-based care across
urban and rural Western Cape.
About Valentia Technologies
Valentia Technologies develops and
implements innovative software solutions
and services that transform the way
healthcare is provided outside of hospital.
Valentia’s integrated suite of products,
spanning EMS, urgent and unplanned care,
community healthcare, and homecare,
enables new models of joined-up converged
care that address many of the mounting
challenges facing healthcare today: rising
demand, escalating costs, improved quality
outcomes and accountability, and the need
for greater efficiency.
Valentia’s solutions are implemented at scale
in organisations that provide EMS services,
patient transport services, urgent care
services, primary care, community nursing,
allied healthcare services and homecare
services in countries in Europe, Australasia,
the Middle East and Africa.
To find out more about Valentia
Technologies visit:
www.valentiatech.com
Or email:
bizdev@valentiatech.com
Telephone: +353 1 299 5600
To find out more about Valentia Technologies’ product range visit: valentiatech.com or call them on: +353 1 299 5600
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