Beacon Room Control brings the patient experience into the 21st century. State-of-the-art technology that includes customized room control over lights, thermostats, window shades, and TVs is now available in the patient room, all from intuitive easy-to-use Apple iPad tablets.
Chris Longhurst, MD — Chief Information Officer and Associate Chief Medical Officer,
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Opened in November 2016, UC San Diego Health's Jacobs Medical Center became the first hospital in the world to equip all 245 of its patient rooms with the Beacon Patient Experience. Not only were all 245 patient rooms equipped with an iPad and Apple TV, but every room allowed for patient control over their entertainment, lighting, shading and room temperature, without the assistance of clinical nursing staff.
Casgan, Inc. is the Patient Room Controls company. We are on a mission to empower patients during their hospital or clinical stay, all while simplifying the way patients interact with technology. We believe that we can deliver better outcomes when we return room control back to the hands of the patient. We proudly sit at the intersection of healthcare, technology and user experience.
Our Beacon® patient room control solution breaks down patient room friction points and frees up nursing resources so that they focus on providing care that matters. With Beacon®, patients can not only access entertainment and electronic medical records, but they can also control the lighting, thermostat, and window shades, all from their easy-to-use Apple iPad.
Patients are more likely to engage with their access to their inpatient record when using their environmental room controls. Increased engagement with their electronic medical records (EMR) can help patients understanding their medications, leading to better treatment adherence and a lower likelihood of re-admission in the future.
Device wipes can now be performed automatically, freeing up healthcare staff and IT to perform healthcare focused tasks. Assuming an average of 50 device wipes per day, nursing staff can save almost 1,400 hours per year.
Patients found tablets easy-to-use and helpful in pain distraction and would use a tablet again if offered the option. Bring your patient experience into the 21st century with Beacon.
Founded in 2007, Casgan has brought together technology professionals with decades of design and programming experience. With the increasing number of technologies and operating platforms at work and at home, Casgan solves the complexity of technology management with reliable, consistent and scalable systems. Our wide span of systems include control and automation, system-wide switching, and audio/video signal distribution and technology management.
Casgan systems have been implemented in hospitals, conference rooms, homes, classrooms, network operation, command centers, and hotels, among other locations all around the world.
