December 2, 2019
Why medical device integration is essential to proactive patient safety
by John Zaleski
The transformative power of medical device integration mitigates the shortcomings of conventional monitoring practices, including alarm fatigue, significant monitoring gaps and data delivery delays.
April 23, 2019
What Clinicians Can Learn From Commercial Aviation
by Mary Jahrsdoerfer, Ph.D., R.N.
How was the aviation industry able to achieve such an incredible safety record, while the healthcare industry struggles to reduce an unacceptable number of preventable injuries and deaths?
April 22, 2019
How Clinicians Adopt Healthcare Technology
by Jessica Lake, BSN, BS, RN
Technology implemented with the end-user in mind ensures high adoption rates. Clinicians will reject technologies that does not align with their daily activities or enable them to work more efficiently.
March 16, 2019
ECRI Report Provides a Roadmap for Improved Patient Safety
by Sam Larson
Capsule commends ECRI in its efforts to highlight areas of patient safety concern—it’s imperative that all healthcare stakeholders work together toward the goal of improved patient safety.
March 4, 2019
New Study Demonstrates the Threat of Respiratory Depression
by John Zaleski, Ph.D., CAP, CPHIMS
Continuous clinical surveillance can be deployed to mitigate serious deterioration in patients at risk of respiratory failure and other medical conditions in high acuity and general care settings.
October 29, 2018
Technology Hazards and Alarm Management
by John Zaleski, Ph.D., CAP, CPHIMS
Customization of alarm signal settings to individual patient needs is a step in the right direction for identifying patients who are trending towards adverse events.