Upcoming hospital in Norway will use 1,300 Windows Phones and Kinect sensor

The Østfold Hospital in Norway is still under construction, but a new report claims that when it opens sometime in 2015, it will have a lot of high end technology, including the use of 1,300 Windows Phones by its staff members and Kinect sensors to help monitor patients.

The report, from Norway-based Tek.no, says that Østfold Hospital will use custom Windows Phone apps to help with jobs such as recording when a blood sample was taken from a patient or when they are scheduled to get medication and in the right amounts. The article didn't state which model phone would be used by the hospital.

In addition, the Kinect sensors will be placed in patient's rooms and will help detect if one falls about of bed, among other things. It definitely sounds like Østfold Hospital will be relying heavily on technology and software provided by Microsoft.

Source: Tek.no, Via Windows Phone-optimisten Thanks to Christian for the tip!

John Callaham
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  • You more or less hit the nail on the head. This article is especially cool to me. Not only am I a Windows Phone user/supporter, I'm also a programmer for Health Care Information Systems. It's entirely possible I will be supporting this hospital in the future. I can tell you from experience that WP is the better choice for this, honestly because of it's efficiency and since HCIS's don't play too well with OSX the Windows ecosystem just makes it stronger.
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  • The health service here in Ireland has Nokia 5120's lol
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  • Before all of the Nokia fans start saying Microsoft has Nokia to thank for this, read the article.... They will be be using custom apps that I'm sure will be written by Microsoft or Microsoft is working with programmers to ensure the hospital gets the apps it needs.
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  • The hospital's IT staff will most likely develop the apps internally and integrate them with exsiting systems.
  • This is likely developed by an HCIS vendor. Ambulatory HCIS is the new 'thing' and this is kind of the next step. My company is working on some very similar things right now and about to roll out our first LIVE site with it.
  • They're building a two billion dollars hospital in Australia, I wonder if it will use Microsoft hardware as well.
  • The use of Kinect is very good
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  • lol I know you're being sarcastic, they may use iPhones for their cell phones, but they still use MS computers. I bet we will see a lot more Drs using WP as Ambulatory HCIS's become more popular next year.
  • I live in Østfold. My girlfriend is a nurse and will be working there from mid 2015 on ER. The funny thing is that I am also one of the HVAC engineers that have planned and drawn it. When done, it will be one of the most modern hospitals in Europe.
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  • Curious how the Kinect is used.
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  • Norway is a progressive country. A brand spanking new fully digital hospital using Microsoft for their devices (and front- and backend I assume). Nice! Still digging their redesign of their currency notes too.
  • Very Good that they are using Windows Phone 10