As part of developing its international activities and professional training programme, Bow Medical offered Amaury Brisach, a second-year master’s student on a work-study programme, the opportunity to complete his final-year internship with one of its clients in Finland.
Amaury, can you introduce yourself, and tell us about your position and your role at Bow Medical?
I’m Amaury, and I’m a work-study student at Bow Medical. Until now, I’ve mainly focused on software development, particularly within the interoperability department. My role involves developing interfaces between the Diane software suite and our partners: hospital patient records, appointment scheduling tools, and other software that make up the hospital ecosystem. The purpose of these interfaces is to transmit information between different software systems to avoid re-entering data, which could lead to errors.
Could you explain the context that led you to gain international experience?
Initially, I joined Bow Medical as an intern. I continued my studies on a work-study basis, still at Bow Medical, this time during my master’s programme at the Polytechnique Lasalle engineering school in Amiens. I’m currently in the second year of my master’s, and as part of the work-study programme, a six-week mobility period abroad was scheduled.
What is your role abroad?
As part of the deployment of our software in Finland, my role was to act as a liaison between our distributor and integrator on-site and the French teams at Bow Medical. Our distributor was responsible for the deployment at the Central Finland Central Hospital Nova. It was crucial to have someone from Bow Medical in direct contact and on-site at the beginning of the project to provide quality support.
What did you take away from this experience?
Professionally, I’ve always been passionate about computer engineering. Going into the field was a first for me, and it allowed me to visualise the job I do daily. Discovering how useful our solutions are in anaesthesia and intensive care gave me a chance to understand the daily challenges faced by healthcare professionals. I was able to see how our software solutions benefit daily hospital life. On a personal level, the exchanges with Finnish colleagues were enriching, both culturally and intellectually.
Did the Diane software suite fully meet the needs of the Finnish market?
One of the advantages of Diane is its adaptability. Generally speaking, the issues related to anaesthesia and intensive care are similar to those in France. There are some differences regarding prescriptions. Finland has a specific drug database that we need to integrate. We also had to incorporate biomedical data from monitors, ventilators, and syringe pumps. For this, we worked closely with the company Enovacom.
What challenges did you face during your mission?
Entering an operating theatre for the first time was quite an experience, and I must admit I was a little apprehensive. However, once I was there, I discovered a space filled with kind and highly professional people.
How did this experience conclude?
On a positive note. Our goal was to launch the project at a Finnish hospital, and thanks to teamwork from my colleagues in France and our Finnish partners, we completed the mission.
About Bow Medical
Bow Medical is a leading European company specializing in software for critical care.
For over 20 years, Bow Medical has been designing the Diane software platform to improve and secure critical care in anaesthesia and intensive care.
The provision of software solutions for critical care management is a specific segment of the patient record that requires strong industry expertise.
Its digitization brings added value focused on performance, reliability, security, and time optimization.
More than 450 hospitals and clinics use our software daily, with 5 million annual anaesthesia consultations performed in Diane Poa (approximately 70% of computerized consultations in France).
Over 3,000 operating rooms are equipped with Diane Aims, and more than 1,200 intensive care beds facilitate patient care through Diane Icu.
