
Curbing COVID-19-Related Alert Fatigue
The ability to predict a patient’s clinical deterioration and intervene before an adverse health event occurs – even saving a life – is the ultimate goal for any clinical surveillance strategy.
The ability to predict a patient’s clinical deterioration and intervene before an adverse health event occurs – even saving a life – is the ultimate goal for any clinical surveillance strategy.
Many legacy systems were produced before cybersecurity required consideration, opening the door to cybersecurity attacks. The Capsule Platform enables hospitals to securely connect point-of-care devices to existing IT infrastructure.
Using a medical device integration solution that brings security to the connected devices can make securing such integration easier, safer, and more cost-effective.
While both alarm management and alarm surveillance prioritize patient safety, they differ. Understanding these distinctions is key to reducing fatigue and improving clinical outcomes.
I’m pleased to report that our ventilated patient surveillance solution is now supporting front line clinicians treating COVID-19 patients in a number of U.S. hospitals.
The strategies that healthcare providers have previously used to retain nurses are no longer enough to offset the challenges healthcare currently faces in terms of improving nurse retention and driving value-based care.