ESRI has announced that Downey Regional Medical Center (DRMC) has launched its groundbreaking enterprise geographic information system (GIS) using ArcSDE and ArcIMS software. The successful implementation will result in a host of new, advanced applications for all areas of DRMC that leverage spatial analysis and data visualization. The first GIS application to go online, DRMC’s Bed Management System has optimized its bed management process and improved the way the hospital serves its patients.
DRMC is a community-based hospital that for more than 80 years has maintained 199 licensed beds serving the city of Downey, California. The hospital annually admits more than 11,000 acute care patients and serves about 60,000 outpatients. DRMC selected ESRI Business Partner Mapgistics Corporation (formerly Regulus Corporation), a professional services firm based in Riverside, California, as its GIS consultant and application development provider. DRMC’s first application success is its patient care and room management applications. Assisted by Mapgistics, DRMC created an application that leverages digital floor plans, work flow analysis, and data visualization for a better solution to how it assigns patients to rooms, monitors the discharge process, and prepares rooms for new patients.
DRMC uses two ESRI technologies—ArcIMS and ArcSDE running on SQL server—to integrate the admitting and registration information system with other systems for one single source. This information updates the bed management system in real time and refreshes the view every five minutes. For its Intranet site, a Java-based ArcIMS application is used to create map services, develop Web pages for communicating with the map services, and administer GIS sites.
