Why Do Hospitals Need Medical Device Connectivity?
Today, patient care is more complex than ever before. Patient to nurse ratio is higher. Technological developments require nurses to learn more. Hospitals are rapidly requiring that all patient data be in the EMR. And, patient safety is at the forefront of nearly every hospital's initiatives. This is why it is critical for hospitals to provide nurses with solutions that help increase direct patient care time and reduce charting errors.
Nurses are constantly challenged with trying to balance the time they spend on direct patient care, assessment and surveillance with documentation. In the ICU the challenge is even greater because patients are more critical, require more surveillance, and are connected to more medical devices that require more frequent documentation. Med-surg is equally challenging because there are more patients to care for and therefore just as many vital signs to collect. Manual transcription and entry into the EMR is simply not the best use of nursing time; especially when there is another option – medical device connectivity.
Medical device connectivity improves workflow because data from connected devices is AUTOMATICALLY sent to the EMR. Device connectivity simply allows nurses to focus on what they do best – care for their patients. And there’s more. Device connectivity does more than just recovers nursing hours. It also:
- Increases staff productivity
- Reduces charting errors
- Increases adoption of the EMR
- Provides real time data to the patients record for improved decision making
- Helps qualify for meaningful use criteria and
- Improves overall patient care and safety
Medical device connectivity simply helps nurses with the challenges they face today. And our customers agree. Over and over we have heard them tell us that device connectivity is essential to the care of their patients and has truly improved workflow. So, contact us today for references or to schedule a demonstration of our award-winning, device connectivity solution at your facility.