GD CAREpoint 2.0 to Support FDNY EMS

GD (General Devices) has announced that it once again partnered with the Fire Department of the City of New York to implement CAREpoint 2.0 at its Telemetry Center in Woodside, Queens. The FDNY is a longtime client who has relied on GD for dependable, effective communication since the mid 1990’s. The Department began using the CAREpoint Workstation in 2008 to facilitate Online Medical Control consultations between department physicians and city paramedics. After a decade of consistent quality and effectiveness, they have upgraded to GD’s latest workstation, CAREpoint 2.0. With a patient en route to an emergency department, paramedics need a system they can rely on to transmit vital information clearly and quickly. FDNY recognized that CAREpoint 2.0 is the ideal system for their organization which focuses on effective emergency medical communications. According to Jimmy Nejmeh, GD’s Vice President of Technical Services and Support, “With FDNY’s upgrade to CAREpoint v2.0, they have really set themselves up to be progressive. In addition to handling and recording all of the day-day radio and phone communications with EMS, they also have added GD’s e-Bridge solution for managing and exchanging 12-Lead reports with all of the EMS providers and hospitals in the region, HIPAA secure.” Perhaps most impressive, explains Nejmeh, is that “with the inclusion of GD’s e-Bridge on new tablets, they now have a full EMS Mobile Telemedicine solution at their fingertips whe...
Source: JEMS Administration and Leadership - Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Documentation & Patient Care Reporting Industry News Source Type: news