The Proven Leader in Reducing Adverse Events
Clients’ Research Makes Evidence-based Case for the AvaSure TeleSitter®
No other vendor in the virtual monitoring space has anything like AvaSure’s reference list of peer-reviewed journal articles, posters and podium presentations showing its efficacy in preventing harm across the healthcare enterprise.
An early series of successes for AvaSure’s TeleSitter® Solution was in inpatient falls, one of the most common preventable adverse events in healthcare. Although in the past few years, customers have discovered the potential of the TeleSitter and have validated its success in improving safety, quality, and productivity outcomes.
For an overview of those outcomes, read The Evidence-Based Case for a Virtual Care Solution Whitepaper.
Computers, Informatics, nursing: CIN
Fall Prevention and Injury Reduction Utilizing Virtual Sitters in Hospitalized Patients: A Literature Review
Half of articles that meet standards are on AvaSure customers
A literature review on fall prevention and injury reduction using virtual sitters
Read the articleAmerican Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Technology Utilization in Fall Prevention
Sites 3 AvaSure customer publications
Technology-based applications in various settings, focusing on the outcomes of fall reductions, cost, and other benefits.
Read the articleJournal of nursing care quality
Continuous Video Monitoring: Readiness for Growth
Oregon Health and Sciences University
Metric analysis can inform initiatives to grow continuous video monitoring programs to increase safety for at-risk populations.
Read the articleJournal of Nursing Measurement
Development and testing of a new tool to measure nurses’ acceptance of Remote Visual Monitoring technology.
Inova Health System
A large academic medical center reported a significant reduction in patient falls after implementing a video monitoring system for six months.
Video monitoring had direct correlation to annual sitter reduction savings.
Read the articleMEDSURG Nursing
COVID-19 outcomes with the TeleSitter
Multi-site including 97 hospitals
1,625 COVID/PUI patients observed across 97 hospitals in March and April 2020
Staff took an additional 18 seconds to respond to urgent or emergent needs for patients in isolation (34.5 seconds) as compared to patients not in isolation (15.8 seconds)
Patients in isolation received a greater number of verbal interactions per day (17)
Read the articleJournal of Nursing Measurement
Remote Visual Monitoring During a Pandemic
Inova Health System
Study showing the pandemic caused a significant increase in the utilization of remote video monitoring with positive patient and staff outcomes, both tangible and intangible.
Read the articleJournal of Nursing Care Quality
Impact on Nursing Workforce Safety
Multi-site study including 73 hospitals
320 physical/verbal abuse incidents were reported by monitoring staff
For every one abusive event witnessed, there were 25 abusive events avoided
Read the articleJournal of Nursing Care Quality
Managing Eating Disorders on a General Pediatrics Unit: A Centralized Video Monitoring Pilot
University of Wisconsin
Continuous Virtual Monitoring is feasible and less costly than 1:1 supervision without negatively impacting LOS or weight gain
ROI achieved within one year
*correction on inaccurate unit-pricing in progress
Read the articleClinical of Geriatric Medicine
Multi-site national study on video monitoring for fall prevention
Multi-site study including 71 hospitals
15,021 high-fall risk patients selected for monitoring
Overall fall rate down to 1.5/1000 patient days
Most vulnerable 85+ year olds fall rate down to 0.38/1000 patient days
Read the articleJournal of Continuing Education in Nursing
Continuous Video Monitoring: Implementation Strategies for Safe Patient Care and Identified Best Practices
Oregon Health and Sciences University
Cost savings of $195,918 in the first year
Wide inclusion criteria for adults/peds
Family prefer video for more privacy, added security and respite
Read the ArticleGeneral Hospital Psychiatry
Virtual monitoring of suicide risk
BRIGHAM AND WOMEN’S HOSPITAL
Zero adverse events while monitoring suicide risk.
TeleSitting used in both general hospital and emergency department for suicide risk.
The Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing
A Novel Approach to Fall Prevention
OCHSNER MEDICAL CENTER
Proves adequate fall prevention with remove video monitoring.
READ THE ARTICLERehabilitation Nursing
Improving Patient Safety through Video Monitoring
SUNNYVIEW REHABILITATION HOSPITAL
81% of staff report positive benefit to themselves and patients
20% reduction in hospital-wide falls
Approximately $190K savings in sitter costs after one year
Annals of Internal Medicine
Systematic review of interventions to reduce sitters and falls
Veterans Health Administration, Evidence-based Synthesis Program Center
Systematic review (Level I evidence)
Using sitters to prevent falls has the lowest level certainty of evidence
Video monitoring has the highest certainty of evidence
Read the ArticleClinical Nurse Specialist
Outcomes of Clinical Nurse Specialist Practice in the Implementation of Video Monitoring at an Academic Medical Center
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN
A decrease in costs for 1:1 sitters
No increase in fall numbers
Journal of Nursing Care Quality
Individualized Fall Prevention Program in an Acute Care Setting
NORTHERN WESTCHESTER HOSPITAL
74% decrease in sitter expenses
54% reduction in falls
Nurse Forum
STARS interventions for violence reduction: Safety, technology, activity, relief, and surroundings
PROVIDENCE ST. PETER HOSPITAL
TeleSitting technology used as part of a toolkit to manage behaviorally challenging patients while providing continuous observation
Staff reported increased safety and engagement
Read the articleThe Journal of Nursing Administration
Sitter Reduction through Mobile Video Monitoring
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO HEALTH
$2.5 million in savings on sitters in two years
Average falls with injury reduced by 26%
READ THE ARTICLEBecker’s Hospital REview
The business case for centralized TeleSitting: Clinical and financial ROI at Ochsner Health
OCHSNER HEALTH
Best practices for centralized hub and spoke model
Five years of centralized monitoring 17 facilities
90% cost reduction when effectively using TeleSitter solution
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