Becker's Healthcare November 19, 2024
Columbus-based OhioHealth has been experiencing promising early results from its 84 smart hospital rooms and plans to expand the technology to more facilities.
The 15-hospital system instituted the tech at its new $178 million OhioHealth Pickerington (Ohio) Methodist Hospital, which opened in December.
“Our experience has been very positive,” OhioHealth Pickerington Methodist Chief Nursing Officer Duane Perry, BSN, RN, told Becker’s. “What’s nice about this technology and us implementing it is it doesn’t just cover one thing. It’s patient experience. It’s a staff satisfier.”
The technology exists in 72 med-surg rooms and 12 labor and delivery rooms at the hospital. The smart rooms cost $13,000 to $15,000 each. OhioHealth partners on the devices with smart room company eVideon and virtual...
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