Etiometry can assist nurses in answering the difficult questions from loved ones. When your child is sick, parental instincts kick in to take action to help them recover. But what if your child is in critical care and it’s not possible to even hold your baby? At six to seven days post op, a young…
Etiometry has become an important part of the landscape in the CICU at a large children’s hospital in Salt Lake City, UT. According to Michelle R., CICU/ECMO RN, “For many reasons, it’s become the shiniest tool we’re using.” Here are five of those reasons: 1. The granularity of data “We do a ton of charting…
A shortage of critical care nurses is not a new challenge for hospitals and health systems, but new data highlight the severity of the problem – which is projected to persist. The impacts of short-staffed clinical teams extend beyond the risk of burnout – which only perpetuates this problem – and can affect quality of…
Introduction Earlier this year, research published in the Journal of American Medical Informatics Association revealed that approximately 50% of physiologic events are underrepresented by a conventional electronic health record (EHR) when compared to an automated data aggregation platform. The outcomes are from a study that evaluated the fidelity of a patient’s clinical state when represented…
We sat down with David Brake, Manager IT, and Brian Soto, Application Developer from the Peri-Procedural Application Team at a large medical center to learn about their experience implementing the Etiometry platform. We asked David and Brian specific questions related to the implementation process, then asked general questions about their IT department. Here’s a summary…
A calling to care for others turned into a career in the medical software industry for Kerry Gambon, RN, BSN, CCRN. While her day-to-day job responsibilities varied greatly, one thing has stayed the same – prioritizing patient care. Destined to Help Others Since experiencing the traumatic loss of a close family member in high school,…
EHRs Changed Data Storage but Clinical Decision Support Can Take it to the Next Level Ushering a new electronic era in healthcare, electronic health records (EHR) have accelerated the shift from physicians using paper records to track information about a patient to a predominately digital format. As a key component of health information technologies, EHRs…
Cardiac events are as common as they are critical. Heart disease continues to be the leading cause of death for people among most racial and ethnic groups in the United States, causing about one in four deaths each year. Each year, 900,000 cardiac surgeries are performed in the U.S., with an annual surgery volume growth of…