Philips Reacts platform to expand remote offerings

Philips is to expand its remote clinical collaboration and virtual training offerings across its portfolio, building on the IIT Reacts platform that provides secure expert solutions, training and support needed for physicians to make effective and efficient diagnostic decisions. The platform has already been deployed in more than 80 countries, across various disciplines in both clinical and educational settings, facilitating healthcare professionals to interact remotely in such applications as secure messaging, teleconsultations, teleultrasound, telesurgical assistance, remote wound care and remote procedure supervision.

Dr. Yanick Beaulieu, head of Clinical Science for Philips Ultrasound, said: “Reacts addresses the clear and pressing need for secure remote collaboration and communication between healthcare providers and patients. By deploying this interactive collaboration platform across Philips’ health technology solutions, we can change patient care models, expand telehealth capabilities, and accelerate technological developments in virtual collaboration globally.”

Bich Le, Business Leader Ultrasound at Philips. “It is vital that we continue to advance our offering to help customers increase first time-right diagnoses, by integrating innovations and technology that alleviate our customers’ pain points and streamline workflows. With Reacts’ unique interactive tools we can provide secure expert solutions, and the training and support, needed for physicians to make definitive diagnostic decisions effectively and efficiently. This will enable us to accelerate our commitment to the patients we serve today as well as expanding access to imaging for new users and new use cases.”