Video surveillance and nursing workforce safety
This strategy can benefit both nurses and patients. By Patricia A. Quigley, PhD, MPH, MS, APRN; Lisbeth Votruba, MSN, RN; and Jill Kaminski, MS Healthcare workers are four times more […]
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Impact of Patient-Engaged Video Surveillance on Nursing Workforce Safety
Workplace violence (WPV) across all industries, including health care, continues to increase in the United States. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health refers to WPV as violent acts, […]
TeleSitter technology increases patient safety at Covenant Health Plainview
Covenant Health Plainview is committed to promoting and protecting the health and wellbeing of all patients. Because of this, the hospital has announced the utilization of new technology that is […]
Covenant Health in Lubbock has new video technology to help keep an eye on patients
Covenant has a new way to keep an eye on patients in rooms—even when nurses aren’t there. It’s called “telesitter.” It’s a camera that allows staff to monitor patients through […]
S.C. Hospital Uses Innovative System to Keep Patients Safe
For many years, healthcare facilities hired “patient sitters” to watch patients at risk for falls or in harm situations. But hiring a patient sitter for each and every patient at […]
One Person Safely Monitors 12 Patients, Thanks to TeleSitter
When a patient in the hospital requires 24/7 monitoring — due to a risk of falling, for example — someone must continually stay in the patient’s room to ensure the […]
Beebe ranks in top 10 percent for fall-prevention
Beebe has launched advanced technology in the form of “telesitters,” which are video monitoring devices that transmit patient images to specially trained staff (video monitor technicians) who can see the […]
AvaSure’s TeleSitter named top 5 Tech Tools by HealthLeaders that could change the way your hospital delivers care
Sometimes the shortest distance between a patient and an improved outcome is technology. As innovations make their way from novelty solutions to mainstream usage backed by clinical evidence, devices, apps, […]
Circle of health: Telesitter helps monitor patients’ well-being when loved ones, staff are away
“Since Jeannie and her family can’t be there around the clock, St. Joseph Hospital in Orange has a high-tech solution so that someone can.” Watch the video.
Ochsner reduces patient falls by 51% with AvaSure’s TeleSitter
How do you reduce patient falls across all medical-surgical units in 11 hospitals by 51%? Ochsner Health System did it by rolling out a remote telesitter program, enabling trained patient […]