Macnica (hereinafter referred to as Macnica) is a total service/solution provider in semiconductors, networks, cybersecurity, and AI/IoT (Head office location: Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture, President: Kazumasa Hara, capital: 11,194 million yen) In order to digitize vital data records for nursing care, we are first working with Omron Healthcare Co., Ltd. (Head office location: 53 Kunotsubo, Terado-cho, Muko City, Kyoto Prefecture, President: Isao Ogino). We are pleased to announce that we will be adding a function to automatically acquire blood pressure data measured using an upper arm blood pressure monitor with communication function via Bluetooth to AttentiveConnect (AC), a monitoring service developed and provided by Macnica.

In nursing care facilities, it is obligatory to measure the blood pressure of residents every day. After completion, most cases are manually entered into the system in the office. By linking with OMRON HEALTHCARE's sphygmomanometer, recording work can be imported into the system by tapping on a smartphone or tablet, which will eliminate transcription errors and improve operational efficiency. .

In addition to improving the efficiency of recording, adding blood pressure data to heart rate, respiration, and sleep quality data acquired by EarlySense's bed sensor, which is already provided with AC, makes it possible to: .

・Improve the quality of AI analysis and advice on health conditions provided to facility residents
・Evaluate the effects of care services objectively and automatically
・Acquisition of basic data for creating care plans in nursing care facilities, not only for the most recent data, but also as trends for any specified period.
・Data can be graphed, displayed numerically, and output to Excel, and can be obtained from other systems via API.

Macnica plans to gradually support vital sensors from manufacturers specializing in medical and healthcare equipment, and most recently plans to add automatic data acquisition from Omron Healthcare's weight and body composition monitors.

Healthcare devices equipped with Bluetooth communication functions are appearing one after another, but the smartphone apps provided are intended for individual users and are not suitable for group users such as those in nursing care facilities. Shigeru Uyama, head of Macnica 's healthcare business, said, `` the Company solution started as a monitoring solution for nursing care facilities, but now by linking with Omron Healthcare's blood pressure monitor, we can manage the health of facility residents.'' We hope that it will be able to play a role in directly promoting the DX of residents.In the future, we will add a function that allows each resident to easily input records such as bathing, meals, and medication while assisting each resident. We would like to create a service that can record activities 24 hours a day, day or night." We are also considering support for medical healthcare equipment that has a communication function and enables remote data acquisition, such as blood oxygen meters, which are attracting attention as one of the basic data for predicting sudden changes in physical condition due to coronavirus infection.

Comment from Rikiya Okawa, General Manager of Domestic Business Headquarters, OMRON Healthcare Global Sales Headquarters
"We are very happy that the automatic acquisition of vital data for nursing care has been achieved by linking Macnica 's monitoring service AttentiveConnect with our blood pressure monitor.AttentiveConnect is a solution that greatly improves work efficiency in nursing care settings. By linking it with our blood pressure monitors and other health equipment, we can improve the accuracy of measured data recording.We will continue to work with Macnica to solve social issues in nursing care settings. We will continue to make even greater contributions."

In addition, in supporting blood pressure monitors at AC this time, Unimat Retirement Community Co., Ltd. (Unimat RC), a major nursing care provider, provided advice on the user interface so that the person in charge at the site can use it without discomfort. doing.

Comment from Unimat RC, DX promotion manager, Mr. Tabito Okada
“Since blood pressure measurement is a daily routine, automating recording actually makes a lot of sense. At that time, an excellent user interface (UI) is essential. An instruction manual is also available, but the fact that you can basically start using it immediately after just 30 minutes of training is the biggest point in promoting its use in the field. We expect that the collaboration with Omron Healthcare's sphygmomanometer will lead to the development of collaboration with other devices."

At Macnica, by linking AC and Omron Healthcare brachial blood pressure monitors, new AC users will receive the equipment free of charge until December of this year, with the aim of widely experiencing the effects of digitalization of blood pressure measurement work. We have a program that can help you implement this.

We are also planning to exhibit at careTEX Tokyo, which will be held at Tokyo Big Sight from March 17th. Nursing Care Products Exhibition/Nursing Care Facility Industry Exhibition/Nursing Care Facility Solutions Exhibition - Japan's largest business negotiation exhibition where nursing care products, equipment, fixtures and services for elderly care facilities are gathered together.
Please stop by our booth when you visit us. (Booth number: 2-58) http://caretex.jp/

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