Becker's Healthcare February 24, 2025
Aurora, Colo.-based UCHealth uses AI to monitor about 22,000 hospital beds out of its 4,000-square-foot virtual care center, which has become an industry leader.
The hub facilitates about 16 virtual care service lines — from nursing to overnight hospitalists to hospice — but virtual surveillance has become perhaps the most consequential, an executive told Becker’s.
Three or four nurses at a time, with the help of in-room cameras and AI embedded in the Epic EHR, virtually monitor med-surg and step-down beds across 14 hospitals for signs of patient sepsis or deterioration.
“It’s reduced our mortality significantly across our system and had a very positive impact on patient lives and augmenting our front-line nursing,” said Amy Hassell, MSN, RN, chief nursing...
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