"Understanding 'Patient Room Next': Strategies for Healthcare Institutions to Implement"
In the ongoing quest to improve patient care and clinical efficiency, innovative solutions are being introduced. One such initiative is the 'Patient Room Next' strategy, which focuses on automating documentation, touchless technology, and telehealth to revolutionise hospital settings.
At the heart of this strategy is Artisight's Internet of Things (IoT) sensor network, which equips patient rooms with cameras, sensors, microphones, and artificial intelligence algorithms. This cutting-edge technology surfaces alerts and enhances patient care and efficiency by monitoring patients' conditions without disrupting their environment.
One significant benefit of this system is automated documentation. AI-powered virtual assistants and digital tools automate high-volume tasks such as documentation and scheduling, reducing the administrative burden on clinicians. By integrating with electronic health records (EHRs), these assistants deliver structured notes directly into patient records, enhancing the speed and accuracy of documentation and freeing clinical staff to focus more on patient care.
'Patient Room Next' also emphasises touchless technology. Interactive, multi-modal interfaces, such as speech commands, voice assistants, gesture control, and eye-movement interaction, enable hands-free operation in the patient room. This facilitates safer clinical workflows by minimising contact with surfaces, thereby reducing infection risks and improving hygiene in a clinical environment.
Telehealth integration is another key component of 'Patient Room Next'. The technology supports telemedicine services, facilitating remote consultations and real-time diagnostics, which expand access to care and reduce unnecessary hospital visits. Telehealth capabilities are strengthened by AI-driven health management platforms that provide continuous patient monitoring and personalised health interventions.
The 'Patient Room Next' strategy aspires to provide an "easy button" with one, integrated solution for clinical workflows. This approach encourages the adoption of value-based care models by prioritising outcomes and patient satisfaction over volume-driven metrics. It promotes improved patient engagement through continuous interactions and personalised care pathways, thereby supporting better health outcomes.
In summary, the 'Patient Room Next' strategy leverages advanced AI, touchless controls, and telehealth technologies to transform patient rooms into intelligent spaces. This results in improved patient experience, optimised clinical workflows, and better health outcomes. IT partners such as CDW and Sirius, a CDW Company, can help healthcare organisations determine which solutions would work best for them and manage the solutions.
As technology in these spaces matures, an IT partner can help fill in the gaps and integrate solutions to ensure ongoing clinical efficiency and quality patient care. The strategy focuses on five major categories: machine vision, machine audio, content interaction with patients, sensors, and telehealth. 'Patient Room Next' extends care beyond traditional brick-and-mortar settings to places like ambulances, hospital at home programs, or parking lots.
Having a conversation with a technology partner during renovation or new construction can ensure that rooms are wired correctly and best positioned to support new technology. Automated documentation is a goal of 'Patient Room Next', aiming to free clinicians from time-consuming documentation tasks. The strategy is a significant step towards providing tech-enabled, high-quality care to patients, regardless of location.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithms play a crucial role in Artisight's IoT sensor network, monitoring patient conditions in a non-disruptive manner and automating documentation tasks. Furthermore, the integration of telehealth services and AI-driven health management platforms within the 'Patient Room Next' strategy aims to expand access to quality healthcare and improve patient outcomes, thereby merging science, health-and-wellness, technology, and artificial-intelligence in transformative ways.
