Intel® launches inpatient telehealth app for the Intel Unite® solution

Patient Sight app seeks to enhance efficiency, improve security, and increase patient engagement

Santa Clara, Calif. — Intel announces the launch of Patient Sight, a new inpatient telehealth app for their Intel Unite® solution. The new app is designed to let doctors, nurses, and pharmacists communicate with patients remotely using high-resolution audio and video.

“Early on, our development team met with an ICU nurse at a large hospital and walked through an in-person visit with an infectious patient,” said Brian Cockrell, Intel Unite solution Product Owner and Co-founder. “The amount of toil and personnel involved — and the makeshift communication devices — was eye-opening.”

The app works with existing infrastructure and is compatible with devices and peripherals that may already be in use in the environment. A Windows 10 PC with an Intel® Core™ i5 or above processor serves as the “hub” in a patient’s room, connecting to an in-room display and camera; Caregivers can connect to the room using another Windows 10 PC. A simple, intuitive UI is launched by clicking a link in the patient’s medical record (the app is compatible with major EMR platforms). Caregivers can choose one-way observation or, with optional microphones and speakers, full two-way audio and video communication. Built-in pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) control lets observers get a better view of key elements within the room. Data is end-to-end encrypted and personal information stays on the organizations network and isn’t stored.

“We’ve designed the app to be easy-to-use, more secure, and to integrate seamlessly into existing workflows and infrastructure,” said Cockrell.

Patient Sight is now part of a large and growing library of apps for the Intel Unite solution, an open-architecture collaboration platform designed by Intel originally for its own use but now installed in enterprise, education, and healthcare operations globally. For more information about the Patient Sight app, visit intel.com/patientsight; for more information about Intel Unite content sharing and collaboration platform, visit intel.com/unite.