‘Digital Hospital’ Uses @NanoLumens As Part of Its Build
Gail Chiasson, North American Editor
Dallas County, Texas, one of the largest and fastest growing counties in the US, has been served by the historic and renowned Parkland Hospital that spent four years analyzing options before beginning work on constructing a new advanced, high-tech facility in 2008 needed to serve its population.
Seven years later, the new Parkland Hospital is one of the first ‘digital hospitals’ in the country, using various technologies throughout the entire 2.5 million-square-foot facility, including a massive NanoLumens NanoSlim visualization solution.
The new $1.27-billion facility is equipped with 862 private patient rooms with private baths, 10 fully equipped trauma examining rooms, an outpatient center, utility plant, a neonatal intensive care unit, a 6,000-space parking garage, and more. Additionally, this entire 17-floor space is outfitted with about $80-million of digital technology to improve patient care, streamline record keeping, enhance security and enable Parkland to operate more efficiently.
Integration firm Ford AV was one of the few companies chosen to make this digital hospital a reality.
“We installed technology in more than 250 rooms in the hospital, including a 190” x 119” LED NanoLumens NanoSlim solution in the main cafeteria,” says SanChay Price, Ford AV job superintendent. “The space in the cafeteria was originally designed for a projector. However, because of the light in the room, the hospital needed something that was brighter and wasn’t affected by the room’s appearance. That’s why we turned to NanoLumens.”
NanoLumens visualization solutions feature a bright, seamless, high resolution picture quality that can be viewed from any angle throughout the display horizon without color shift or image distortion, making it the perfect option for the Parkland cafeteria. Additionally, the high-tech hospital is working toward gaining a LEED certification, and NanoLumens’ solutions are extremely energy efficient and optimized for indoor use, operating with virtually zero heat or noise.
Among other points, NanoLumens backs up its claims for reliability with a six-year, zero failure warranty, proving that the product is the quality needed for the hospital’s digital design.
“The NanoSlim is mounted 30’ above everything so it’s the main focal point in the entire room,” says Price. “What’s great about the NanoSlim is that the entire network is set up to display on the one screen with a new pixel device that creates windows within windows. Basically, this means that half of the screen can be showing live TV while the other half can be updating visitors and staff with daily hospital information.”
“The new Parkland Hospital is truly changing the meaning of modern medicine,” says Nathan Remmes, NanoLumens vice-president of marketing and business. “This hospital is taking giant leaps in a progressive direction, which is extremely exciting for Dallas County.”
The $1.27 billion facility is scheduled to officially open its doors to patients on Aug. 20/15.
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