For the last seven years, Paoli Hospital in Chester County, PA,U.S., has used Siemens UROSKOP^® Access – an endourologic system that allows clinicians to view the entire urinary tract and perform urological diagnoses and endourological procedures with unrestricted patient access from all sides of the table. The hospital recently chose to upgrade its existing system instead of purchasing a brand-new one.

Hand-in-hand planning to fit the budget
“We had to be smart about how much we were spending while making sure we were diagnosing and treating our patients with the best technology available,” says Norma Holmes, BSN, Urology Coordinator at Paoli Hospital. Working hand-in-hand with Paoli’s urology, surgery, and biomedical teams, the service managers from Siemens explored the hospital’s present situation and focused on what changes were practical, affordable, and would have the potentially most beneficial for the hospital’s patients and staff. “Siemens shared our concerns for our patients’ well-being as well as for our current and future financial well-being,” says Holmes. >br> Together with hospital staff, Siemens identified several affordable upgrades that would enable the UROSKOP Access to function like a brand-new system and, as a result, maximize the hospital’s return on its investment. The changes included new monitors, new sign-on and film transfer capabilities, and new hand and foot controls. The old monitors were replaced to accommodate the latest high-definition imaging, which was available in all of Paoli’s new OR suites. In addition, the OR staff and patients can benefit from these state-of-the-art endoscopic cameras without purchasing a brand new system.

The entire upgrade took just one week, “which was remarkable considering this included the physical move to a new location and the system upgrades,” says Holmes. With the upgrades now in place and the hospital staff and patients benefiting from the changes, Holmes thinks more than ever that the upgrade was the right choice. “Upgrading our existing UROSKOP Access with the EndoExpand upgrade was considerably more reasonable than replacing the entire system. I would recommend this option to any facility with the original UROSKOP Access and seeking to provide state-of-the-art technology without large cash expenditures,” she says. “Siemens’ commitment to doing what was truly in our best interest has made a lasting impression on us.”