The ECRI Institute published their annual list of top 10 technology recommendations for healthcare executives to keep an eye on. This year alarm integration ranks number three.
The Joint Commission is also considering adding a new National Patient Safety Goal (NPSG) in 2014—alarm management.
This increased focus on alarms from systems like ventilators, heart monitors, nurse call and more shouldn’t be a cause for alarm, however. Managing alerts and notifications can be greatly simplified with software to integrate input from multiple systems, prioritize what gets sent to whom, how, and when. Even better, should an alarm management NPSG come to pass, the same technology that processes the alarms and alerts should also be able provide a full audit trail to show who received alerts and when if the Joint Commission makes a visit!
What solutions are being used at your facility to help address alarm management and prevent alarm fatigue?
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
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