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 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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
By Lisbeth Votruba, Vice President of Clinical Quality & Innovation, AvaSure It began as a quiet revolution. A few years ago a few hospitals dipped their toes into the murky […]
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, […]
“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.
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 […]
Written by Patricia A. Quigley Patient-engaged video surveillance is gaining significant traction in healthcare, reducing falls, injury, sitter use and bed alarms. Its success is being noticed in the clinical and health policy worlds. […]
