Resource Type: Webinars
A Trailblazer’s Road to Success
The Cincinnati VA Medical Hospital was the first VA Hospital in the nation to adopt the AvaSure TeleSitter® for continuous patient video monitoring. Within their first year, they were able to reduce sitter costs by 65% and saw a 50% reduction in patient falls. During this webinar, Beth Ackerson, Chief Nurse Procedural Services & Chief Health Informatics Officer, will share Cincinnati’s road to innovation and how they’re blazing the trail for the spectrum of continuum care.
Speaker: Beth Ackerson, RN, MSN, CNOR Chief Nurse Procedural Services & Chief Health Informatics Officer
Keeping the Suicidal Patient Safe
Keeping the Suicidal Patient Safe at Beacon Health Memorial Hospital
Beacon Health Memorial Hospital Implements Successful Virtual Sitting Program:
Zero Adverse Events Found in Study of 500+ Patients. In a proactive approach, Beacon
Health Memorial Hospital assembled a dedicated multi-disciplinary team of frontline staff.
This team thoroughly assessed their existing procedures, developed new policies, and
implemented a stringent patient selection process using the Columbia Suicide Severity
Risk Scale (C-SSRS) for eligibility criteria. Conducting their study across two hospitals
and involving over 500 patients, their implementation of the TeleSitter solution yielded
impressive results: zero adverse events reported.