The solution works as follows:

• StatView acquires information by connecting its WT server to the patient monitoring network
• Information is then transmitted through a dedicated transmitter that utilizes Data Critical’s encoding technologies to ensure rapid and secure transmission
• Caregiver receives alarm data - bed number, patient, name, alarm message, heart rate, and six-second ECG waveform - via their pager-size receiver

• StatView™ Alarm Verification System:

• Alarm information to be sent to all nurses or assigned care givers
• Sends reminder pages for alarms that have not been acknowledged on the patient monitory system
• Allows caregivers to configure the transmission of alarm types, periodic updates, and text pages

• WT™ Server:

• Intel-based server running Microsoft Windows NT server
• Supports up to 48 patients

• Hewlett Packard Carenet-based patient monitoring systems or Siemens Infinity patient monitoring system or GE Marquette Medical Systems (who also distributes StatView as IMPACT)
• StatView Receiver:

• Dimensions: 2.25" x 3.25", Weight: 3 ounces
• Screen resolution: 100 x 62
• Simple, three-button user interface

Once an arrhythmia activates an alarm,

• The monitoring technician sees the alarm in the main monitoring station,
• A centralized communications specialist is notified and then
• A nurse is paged via a traditional text-pager and then responds to the patient.

Once an arrhythmia activates an alarm,

• The StatView receiver alerts the nurse to the triggering waveform and then immediately attends to the patient.

The StatView system results in a reduction in response time of 88-93%.

Benefits
Three American Hospitals – The Heartland Regional Medical Center, Saint Thomas Hospital, and Integris Baptist Medical Center – have documented how the StatView system has improved patient care, reduced hospital costs, and increased caregiver productivity.

• Nurses are fully informed about their patient’s CV status resulting in improved patient care.
• Reduction in response time of up to 93% over traditional monitoring procedures, subsequently, improving patient care and staff productivity.
• Heartland recovered investment in less than six months, with ongoing operational savings of $250,000 per year.
• Increased caregiver productivity at Integris Baptist resulted in a reduction of staff hours per service unit, which has translated into over $100,000 in operating efficiency.

The page was written based on information from Data Critical Corporation’s Website, dated June 2000.