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Managing Ventilator Alarms and Data

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Alarm management is constantly  evolving to meet the the needs of the hospital patients and clinical staff alike.

Using Bernoulli One™, the Hospital for Special Care (HSC) has empowered their clinical staff with real-time surveillance capabilities for more than 100 patients on ventilation support and has reduced the total number of ventilator alarms by an estimated 80%, helping achieve compliance with both Phase I and II of the Joint Commission’s National Patient Safety Goal on clinical alarm management, as well as the four associated Elements of Performance (EPs).

Jeanne and Connie’s byline on ventilator alarm reduction, based on our HSC case study, was just published in Advance Healthcare Network for Respiratory Care & Sleep Medicine.

Learn more of how HSC reduced alarms on 100+ ventilators by 80 percent!

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See the “Managing Ventilator Alarms and Data: Hospital reduces non-actionable alarms while collecting actionable patient data from more than 100 ventilators.”

 Please contact us to get a copy of the case study.

Check out the webinar recording by going to Bernoullihealth.com/Webinars

Can Alarm Fatigue be Conquered?

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Hospitals find ways to effectively address the problem of Alarm Fatigue.

Conquering the noise.

As of January 2016, TJC’s National Patient Safety Goals mandated that hospitals take definitive steps to implement policies and procedures to safely reduce and prioritize the number of primary and secondary alarms. The ECRI Institute ranked alarm proliferation as the second top technology hazard in 2016,

In the May issue of Healthcare Risk Management entitled “Can alarm fatigue be conquered? Yes, say hospitals cutting the noise” this article addresses the problem and solutions.  To see how  Donna M. Reinholdt, HSC Director of Corporate Risk Management and Compliance, and Connie Dills, Respiratory Practice Manager at HSC are addressing issue click the link below to read the article.

You can see the full article by clicking here.

Bernoulli We don’t just manage alarms, we help reduce them!

Bernoulli Sponsored Webinar: The Threat of Alarm Fatigue on Patient Safety

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Webinar: The Threat of Alarm Fatigue on Patient Safety

It is well documented in the literature that the overwhelming majority of clinical alarms, upwards to 85-90% tolerated by nurses, respiratory therapists and other caregivers are either false alarms or non-actionable – requiring no clinical intervention – leading to alarm fatigue and desensitization that can result from caregivers responding to hundreds or even thousands of alarms every day. Both ECRI Institute and The Joint Commission (TJC) have noted this is a clear and documented threat to patient safety.

Join Bernoulli, a leader in real-time connected healthcare, on Thursday, May 12, 2016, at 1:00 PM (Eastern Time) for an informative webinar on the impact of alarm fatigue on your clinicians and patients; the causes of nuisance alarms; and evidence-based best practices for clinical alarm management and reduction.

The webinar will be co-hosted by Jeanne Venella, DNP, MS, RN, CEN, CPEN, Chief Nursing Officer at Bernoulli, and Connie Dills, MBA, RRT, RPFT, Respiratory Practice Manager at the Hospital for Special Care, New Britain, CT.

Register for this event today!

Bernoulli Sponsored Webinar: The Impact of Alarm Fatigue on Patient Safety

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Alarm management in a long-term care environment by Connie Dills, Respiratory Practice Manager for HSC and Bernoulli CNO Jeanne Venella

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“Alarm management in a long-term care environment” by Connie Dills, Respiratory Practice Manager for the Hospital for Special Care (HSC) and Bernoulli CNO Jeanne Venella published in McKnight’s.

Whether it’s in a hospital or nursing home, alarm proliferation is a well-documented patient safety threat that also disrupts workflow and quality of patient care.  Read how HSC was able to reduce alarms by an estimated 80% on 100-plus ventilators. We achieved real-time surveillance of patients on ventilation support, and complied with the Joint Commission’s National Patient Safety Goal of mandating that hospitals take definitive steps to implement policies and procedures to safely reduce and prioritize clinical alarms.  Please click to read more: McKnights – Alarm Mgmt in LTAC – Dills Venella – Feb 2106. This link will open another window.