Overview
The Joint Commission on
Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations(JCAHO)
published an article in their publication Sentinel Event
Alert, Issue 25, 2/26/02 that studied a series of deaths
and injuries related to long term ventilation. In an
effort to prevent ventilator-related deaths and
injuries, the task force identified 2 primary failure
modes:
- Failure to hear alarms
- Failure to respond to alarms
Bernoulli® alerts both audibly and visually at a
central station, or remotely via pager or similar
wireless communication device.
Case Study
Christiana Care Health System in Newark, Delaware
conducted a clinical study to determine response time of
clinicians before installation of the Bernoulli®
monitoring system and after. The results showed a
significant difference in response time, resulting in a
dramatic increase in patient safety.
Christiana Care Health System decided to select
Bernoulli® because:
- Bernoulli provides web-based information and
wireless technology
- Bernoulli uses existing hospital IT infrastructure
- Bernoulli has both Central Monitoring at nurses
station and Remote Monitoring via hospital paging
system with text message of alarm occurrence, alarm
type and patient ID
Related Link: Hospital
Challenges
Cardiopulmonary Corp. is a company
dedicated to reducing preventable patient deaths by
providing a
unique safety net for acute care patients where response
time and pre-emptive patient care is required.
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