Health care providers and government agencies are looking for ways to better understand the patient experience, disease progression, and therapeutic response. In this article, Medidata Solutions’ Kara Dennis discusses how Big-Data-driven technologies, such as wearable patient devices, are providing clinicians with unprecedented information about the human body—and thus leading to better disease treatments.
Read MoreRepresentatives from Sotera Wireless will discuss the impact of continuous patient monitoring on improved healthcare outcomes at AAMI with a presentation by Rosemary Kennedy, chief nursing officer, and James Welch, executive vice president of product development. “Advances in Surveillance Monitoring: Improving Patient Safety Outcomes” will be held on June 6 at 7 AM.
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CareTaker Medical has received FDA clearance for its wireless continuous heart rate and noninvasive blood pressure monitor. The device uses a patented low-pressure finger cuff that enables uninterrupted, “beat by beat,” electrode-free vital signs monitoring throughout the full mobile continuum of care, even after patient discharge.
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Royal Philips is introducing a medical-grade biosensor-enabled monitoring solution for at-risk patients in low-acuity hospital settings, such as the general ward. Unlike fitness trackers and consumer focused wearables, the new connected biosensor automatically and continuously measures clinically relevant vital signs including heart rate, respiratory rate, skin temperature, and others.
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Sotera Wireless has announced that it has collected more than 1 million hours of patient vital signs data, thereby achieving the most comprehensive data set compiled from a wearable monitor for medical-surgical hospital patients. The de-identified vital sign data, collected from more than 35,000 patients monitored by the ViSi mobile system and stored in a cloud-computing database, has been used to improve alarm management in hospitals.
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