Nevada dementia care facility features in-room sensors

Technology helps staff see crisis before it fully develops


Spring Hills Senior Communities in Henderson, Nev., features in-room sensors to monitor patient movement, according to an article on the Las Vegas Review-Journal website.

“With this technology, we can see a crisis before it fully develops,” a Spring Hills spokesperson said. 

Other healthcare facilities are looking into adding technology that monitors patients around the clock.

“This helps us establish a baseline on a patient’s health,” said Mark Shaffer, executive director of Poet’s Walk. “That way, we can tell what their benchmarks are. If they normally have 15 breaths a minute when they sleep and all of a sudden it’s 100, we know.”

Read the article.

 

 



January 25, 2017


Topic Area: Information Technology


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