Advanced Technology at Rush’s New Hospital
An array of leading-edge technology that will enable Rush clinicians to respond more quickly to patient needs, communicate more effectively with each other about patient care, and have more timely access to patient medical information will be deployed in Rush University Medical Center’s new hospital building, opening January 2012.
An advanced patient monitoring device, a new system for patients to call staff, and an advanced audiovisual communications system are among the new features designed to further improve patient care at Rush.
Rush’s new hospital building will be the first hospital in the United States to fully incorporate an advanced new patient monitoring system that permits continuous monitoring some of a patient’s key vital signs and heart rhythms no matter the location of the patient. Wires from sensors will be attached to a patient. These wires will lead to a portable monitoring device which sends wireless signals to a central monitoring station located at clinician workstations, where screens display the patient’s information. While a patient is in the room, the monitoring device is plugged into a flexible docking station on the wall.
If the patient needs to be moved, the hand-held device or box, which has a display screen of its own, can be removed from the wall mounting so that it can travel with the patient, allowing for continuous monitoring. When the patient arrives at a destination such as a new hospital room, the monitor can be plugged into the monitor mount and the system will automatically recognize that the patient is in that location and adjust the settings to match the care parameters for that area.
This new system will provide us with seamless monitoring capability for our patients,” said Patricia Nedved, RN, MSN, CENP, director of Professional Nursing Practice at Rush. “In addition, it will be easier for the patient to get up and move around with this system, whether it’s to use the bathroom or to go down the hallway for a walk.
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