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Wearable Patient Monitoring Tested at Penn Medicine
Jul. 22, 2015 09:37AM PST
Medical Device InvestingThe University of Pennsylvania Health System just began its three-week pilot of continuous, wearable patient monitoring. If effective, this could significantly decrease the labor that nurses are required to undertake to care for patients.
The University of Pennsylvania Health System just began its three-week pilot of continuous, wearable patient monitoring. If effective, this could significantly decrease the labor that nurses are required to undertake to care for patients.
According to the article on MedCityNews:
Monday, Penn Medicine launched a small-scale test of a wearable vitals monitor in a medical-surgical unit for cancer patients, Associate CIO Jim Beinlich confirmed to MedCity News. He said he was not allowed to name the technology vendor, but he said the monitors are FDA-approved hospital products, not consumer devices, and are worn on the arm.
The pilot is intended to be a proof of concept to see whether clinicians and patients like the monitors.