Our call to action: Upgrade patient monitoring in general care units to help save lives
Date: September 19, 2024
Time: 8 am EST | 2 pm CET | 8 pm SGT
Presented by Prof. Bernd Saugel

Learning Objectives:
  • What early evidence suggests about identifying vital sign variations and reducing the incidence of major complications in general care units and what additional evidence we should push for
  • How implementing wireless and wearable continuous monitoring systems in general medical- surgical units could benefit hospitals and health systems
  • The opportunities measuring respiratory rate provides to help improve patient care with earlier detection of deterioration
  • Which patients in medical-surgical units might benefit from continuous monitoring
  • How to overcome obstacles to implementing continuous patient monitoring in medical-surgical units
Course description
All around the world, clinicians monitor patients’ vital signs the same way they have done for more than half a century: spot checks that do not result in optimal outcomes, either from a patient safety or hospital efficiency perspective.¹ Today’s digital solutions, however, can enable continuous monitoring that may detect patient deterioration earlier, to help improve patient care,² reduce the cognitive burden of manual monitoring on clinicians,³ and drive economic advantages for health systems and hospitals.⁴ It’s clear that these upgrades are needed and with the right sense of urgency, we can start quantifying the improvements for patients, families, clinicians, and administrators to make more modern technologies the new standard of care. This webinar will describe the current challenges and dangers in general care units, identify opportunities for continuous monitoring to make a difference, and outline how clinicians and administrators can lead the way forward.

Who Should Attend:
Clinical and business leaders at hospitals and health systems, including: Department Directors / Heads of Departments, Other Clinical Staff & Managers, Chief Nursing Officers, CEOs, CFOs, CMOs

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Prof. Bernd Saugel

Professor of Anesthesiology Vice Chair of the Department of Anesthesiology

Highly regarded specialist in perioperative and intensive care medicine. He has earned board certification in anesthesiology, intensive care medicine, and internal medicine. He presently serves as Professor of Anesthesiology and Vice Chair of the Department of Anesthesiology at the Center of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine in the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany. His primary field of research centres around optimizing hemodynamics for patients undergoing high-risk surgeries or those critically ill. He strongly emphasises individualized hsemodynamic management to enhance patient outcomes in perioperative and intensive care medicine. Currently, he is Editor for the British Journal of Anaesthesia. He has published a multitude of original articles and didactic reviews in peer-reviewed journals. On researchgate.net, his impressive collection of 271 research items has garnered a Research Interest score of 3,293, 6,079 citations, and an h-index of 43.

Pubmed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=saugel+b&sort=date

1. The effect of continuous versus periodic vital sign monitoring on disease severity of patients with an unplanned ICU transfer, Journal of Medical Systems
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10916-023-01934-3
2. Deviating vital signs in continuous monitoring prior to discharge and risk of readmissions: an observational study, Internal and Emergency Medicine
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37326796/
3. Based on a 2021 evaluation clinical study performed at a London hospital in the UK. Twenty-seven nurses from the hospital ward settings used the Portrait Mobile solution with 33 patients. Feedback was collected through a structured questionnaire. Refer to the Evaluation Clinical Study Of The Ambulatory Monitoring Solution (AMS) ME Study Report (DOC2599845) for details.
4. Cost-savings through continuous vital signs monitoring, GE Healthcare https://clinicalview.gehealthcare.com/podcast/cost-savings-through-continuous-vital-signs-monitoring-asa-2023


The opinions, beliefs, and viewpoints expressed in this webinar are solely those of the presenter and do not necessarily reflect the opinions,
beliefs and viewpoints of GE HealthCare. The author is a paid consultant for GE HealthCare and was compensated for creation of this webinar

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