As both a clinician and a data scientist for a health technology company, it is clear to me that this unfortunate pandemic has made it no longer an option for hospitals to ignore technology that help and protect overwhelmed clinicians manage the strain of the impossible caseloads caused by COVID-19.
Hospitals are grappling with having enough equipment and staff to treat respiratory distress. Capsule has been working with several hospital clients to help monitor ventilated patients remotely with a Ventilated Patient Surveillance Workstation.
Recognizing the intense strain that is being put on hospitals and health systems in this crisis, Capsule is providing software licenses for Ventilated Patient Surveillance free of charge for up to 6 months.
By increasing the use of – and reliance on – medical device information, healthcare providers will gain more insights into patient health to possibly reduce medical errors and reduce the overall cost of care.
Patient Safety Awareness Week, an annual event of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement taking place March 8-14, 2020.
A look into the cost of medical errors, how to identify at-risk patients at the first sign of serious decline, and how clinical workflow technologies can help reduce medical errors and preventable catastrophic events.