Improving Outcomes on the General Floor with Measure-Through Motion Pulse Oximetry and Remote Monitoring and Notification
Optimizing patient safety requires new methods that allow surveillance of physiological variables. Previous attempts to reliably monitor post-surgical patients on the general floor have failed. A new approach is now available that includes Measure-through Motion and Low Perfusion pulse oximetry, alarm management strategies, and a remote monitoring and notification system. The impact of this new approach on rapid response activations, ICU transfers, and ICU days are reviewed.
George Blike, MD
Dr. Blike is the Medical Director of the Patient Safety and Training Center and a staff anesthesiologist at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, and a Professor of Anesthesiology at Dartmouth Medical School. His career is devoted to creating high performance in complex systems as they relate to patient safety. He helped establish a multidisciplinary simulation training center at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center that provided patient safety training to all clinicians and employees in a safe environment.
Clinical Studies
- Impact of Pulse Oximetry Surveillance on Rescue Events and Intensive Care Unit Transfers: A Before-and-After Concurrence Study
- An Ounce of Prevention May Equate to a Pound of Cure: Can Early Detection and Intervention Prevent Adverse Events?