Learn how an automated system of uploading vital signs “helped promote a culture of patient safety” by reducing error rates.
Incomplete vitals documentation often precedes adverse patient event.
Learn more about the importance of vital signs—and communication between clinicians—in identifying patients’ deterioration.
Wireless, automated vital sign documentation is not only more accurate than manual documentation, it saves significant time
Manual data entry into an EMR adds complexity and extra steps to clinical workflow, resulting in decreased staff satisfaction and adoption of your EMR.
Location: Buffalo, NY // EMR Partner: Meditech Client Server // Profile: 550-bed regional facility
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Improve ECMC nursing productivity |
RESULTS |
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Reduced vitals documentation time by 95% |
Dawn Walters,
Assistant Director of Nursing
Location: Steubenville, OH // EMR Partner: Meditech Magic // Profile: 470-bed facility in eastern Ohio
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Replace outdated manual vitals documentation system in new med/surg units |
RESULTS |
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Saves 1,460 hours of labor per year on two floors (40 beds) |
Becky Piko, RN,
Clinical Manager
Location: Syracuse, NY // Profile: 430-bed medical care facility in Central NY state
CHALLENGE |
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Compare accuracy and time efficiency of manual vital signs capture and documentation to an automated system |
RESULTS |
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Decreased errors
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Meg Meccariello and Jennifer Johnstone, RN MS
The broad privacy rule protects all individually identifiable patient information, whether contained in electronic, paper, or oral communications—and provides a daunting challenge for hospitals to comply.
*Calculations based on these sources; sample calculations available upon request. 1. Computers, Informatics, Nursing: September/October 2009 - Volume 27 - Issue 5 - pp 318-323, Connected Care: Reducing Errors Through Automated Vital Signs Data Upload, SMITH, LAURA B. MSN, RN; et al. 2. Automated Vital Sign Documentation for Medical Surgical Units: Saving Time and Increasing Accuracy: Fact or Fairytale? Meg Meccariello RN MS, Jennifer Johnstone RN MS, Presented at The Nursing Management Congress 2008 Las Vegas, NV. 3. Vital signs measurement frequency estimates from Lippincott's Textbook for Nursing Assistants: A Humanistic Approach to Caregiving" Pamela J. Carter - 2007 Page 292. 4. Hospital beds (most recent) by country estimates from NationMaster.com, http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/hea_hos_bed-health-hospital-beds 5. Population, Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division.