Wireless patient supervision system developer EarlySense, will collaborate with California's Catholic Healthcare West (CHW), the eighth largest hospital system in the US, to test EarlySense's EverOn system in hospital settings
EverOn is a wireless patient supervision system installed underneath the hospital bed mattress. The system measures patient vital signs and movements and alerts nurses of any change in condition. EverOn detects heart and respiration rates, bed entries and exits, as well as patient movement and turns.
California Hospital Medical Center in Los Angeles will be the first CHW clinical site to trial EverOn. California Hospital Medical Center president Mark Meyers said, “There is a clear, present and immediate need for an innovative, high tech system that can automatically, and without imposing upon patient comfort, track movement and vital signs and warn of possible life threatening situations.
Select hospitals within the 41-hospital CHW system are slated to evaluate the impact of EverOn both clinically and financially to determine whether and how best to implement the technology.
EarlySense CEO Avner Halperin said, "We hope to together achieve the goal of improving healthcare and securing better outcomes for patients and their caregivers.”
Catholic Healthcare West, headquartered in San Francisco, CA, is the largest not-for-profit provider in California.
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