If your community is still documenting vitals manually, you could be risking the health of your residents – and costing your organization hundreds of thousands of dollars.
When vitals are captured and recorded on a piece of paper for manual entry into the Electronic Medical Record (EMR) later, it’s easy to transcribe them incorrectly, enter them into the wrong resident’s record – or never enter them at all. Even if data is entered correctly, there’s a delay between the time it’s captured and actually posted into the EMR. This can make staff less efficient and force caregivers to delay clinical decisions, or make them without the latest information.
This loss of productivity has a cost. Studies show that in a typical 200-bed hospital, manual documentation methods contribute to more than 10,000 errors and consume more than 8,000 staff hours or $250,000 in lost productivity every year.*
Connex®
with Electronic Vitals Documentation is an
end-to-end solution that wirelessly delivers accurate resident information from the bedside directly into the resident’s record in your Electronic Medical Record (EMR). This process:
■ Reduces errors, delayed information or having the wrong information for your seniors
■ Saves significant paperwork so caregivers can spend more time with their residents
■ Improves teamwork and staff satisfaction levels ■ Improves resident identification to minimize risk ■ Reduces litigation risks by accurate documentation ■ Gives caregivers immediate access to accurate resident information – anytime, anywhere
■ Captures complete information at the point of care, including automatic measurements, manual parameters and modifiers such as body position
Call your Direct Supply account manager at 1-800-634-7328 today to implement electronic vitals documentation in your community.
