Electronic Medical Charting Support in High Acuity Environments

In higher acuity environments, such as the ICU or OR, continuous collection of vital signs data is required. When hospitals implement electronic medical charting through device integration In these environments, the collection of vital signs is automated thereby allowing nursing staff to spend more time on direct patient care, assessment and surveillance.

Capsule's solution is typically deployed in high acuity environtments by mounting the Capsule Neuron on the wall, near the patient and is designed to manage collection of vital signs from all devices for that patient. The visual display at the bedside provides clinicians with continuous assurance that all patient data is being collected from connected devices and automatically being sent to the EMR.  This means that the nurse can focus on the care of their patient without having to stop every 5-15 minutes to write down vital signs and then go manually enter them into the chart.

The Capsule Neuron keeps clinicians informed by alerting them right away if a connectivity problem occurs. In these rare cares, the nurse can even get additional data about the device and the system status by touching the icons on the screen. Not to mention that an email alert is automatically sent to IT and biomed so the nurse doesn't have to worry about these issues and so the assigned system administrator can begin troubleshooting right away. And since data is stored and cached locally on the Capsule Neuron and on the server, the hospital doesn't have to worry about lost data during network outages or EMR downtime.

The Capsule Neuron simply allows clinicians to provide care with confidence - knowing that their patient data is automatically being captured and sent to the EMR, waiting for validation when they are ready to chart.