How to Implement Alarm Management Systems That Deserve Your Clinicians’ Trust
To read: ~ 5 minutes Technology skepticism is well-justified in hospitals, as efficiency and staff satisfaction aren’t the only outcomes on the line. If technology breaks down in a clinical setting, it also compromises patient safety, putting lives at risk. As a result, hospital leaders are wise to approach it with caution. However, there is […]
How to Prevent Patient Falls with Environmental Alerts
To read: ~ 6 minutes Hospitals are places of healing, where skilled professionals work tirelessly to help those in need. Yet hospitalization can introduce additional risks unrelated to a patient’s condition. One in 10 patients will experience an adverse event during hospitalization, per research in the Journal of Patient Safety, with falls representing one of […]
How Hospitals Can Save Their Tech Investments and Patient Lives
To read: ~ 6 minutes Hospitals pour millions of dollars into technology meant to improve operational efficiency and patient safety. The average IT expense for US hospitals in 2023 was $9.51M, per Definitive Healthcare. For hospitals with 250+ beds, this figure reached $33.71M. However, many solutions don’t work as intended, creating more problems than they […]