Today, Avidex and Artisight, an intelligent hospital platform, announced a strategic partnership to provide a turnkey virtual care solution. Avidex will take on the role of the in-room technology integrator to install and support the solution’s AV equipment and platform integration of its TigrPX interactive patient engagement system, enabling the Artisight smart hospital platform to leverage the in-room television for virtual care delivery.

The companies say they will offer the combined solutions to new and existing client hospitals and health systems, ensuring that patients and staff receive the “highest-quality virtual care experience.” The companies claim the collaboration marks a “significant step forward” in operationalizing inpatient virtual care into a sustainable care delivery model that enables hospitals to provide a safer care environment, improve care coordination and support quality improvement.

Artisight’s says its smart hospital platform, built on AI technology, enhances patient care by streamlining end-to-end processes through video and audio processing, computer vision, voice recognition and  indoor positioning systems. Prioritizing enterprise-grade stability and seamless interoperability, the Artisight platform combines intelligent sensors, deep learning technology and contemporary integrations, “significantly enhancing clinical care.” This HIPAA-compliant platform also automates remote patient monitoring, improving operating efficiency while ensuring timely notifications to clinicians when attention is needed. The company claims the hardware and EHR agnostic platform reduces clinician burnout and improves nurse and patient satisfaction.

Avidex claims its TigrPX Interactive Patient Engagement System (IPS) “transforms” how patients are engaged, educated, entertained and cared for to improve the patient and staff hospital experience. The TigrPX delivers patient-centered engagement tools, staff-patient communication, automated staff workflows with EMR/hospital system integrations and optimizes the patient care environment with virtual care platform partners like Artisight.