IRVINE, Calif. & GLASGOW, Ky.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Masimo (NASDAQ: MASI) and T.J. Samson Community Hospital announced that the hospital is the first in Kentucky to install Masimo Patient SafetyNet, a remote monitoring and clinician notification system.
“Patient safety is my top priority,” said Bud Wethington, Chief Executive Officer of T.J. Samson Community Hospital. “We did a lot of research in finding the system that was right for us. After trying several other systems and visiting another hospital that was utilizing Patient SafetyNet, we found it to be a perfect fit for our hospital. The installation was easier than anticipated and we were up and running in a very short amount of time.”
Masimo Patient SafetyNet works in conjunction with Masimo beside monitors which provide continuous and non-invasive monitoring of oxygenation, pulse rate and respiration, and other parameters. When changes occur in the measured values, which may indicate deterioration in the patient’s condition, in addition to bedside alerts, Patient SafetyNet automatically sends wireless alerts directly to clinicians. Continuous patient surveillance with Patient SafetyNet has been shown to reduce the need for rescue events and intensive care unit transfers in hospitals and, as a result, can reduce costs related to these events.1,2
“We are so impressed when we see a community hospital equip their team with the latest in technology to better monitor their patients and improve patient safety practices,” said Joe Kiani, Founder and CEO of Masimo. “There are much larger hospitals throughout the country that have yet to install wireless notification systems for supplemental monitoring.”
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1 Taenzer A.H., Pyke J.B., McGrath S.P., Blike G.T. Anesthesiology. 2010 Feb;112(2):282-7.
2 Taenzer A, Blike G, McGrath S, Pyke J, Herrick M, Renaud C, Morgan J. “Postoperative Monitoring - The Dartmouth Experience.” Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Newsletter Spring-Summer 2012. Available online.
About T.J. Samson Community Hospital
Since 1929, T.J. Samson Community hospital has offered a variety of health services to the region, including acute care; preventive testing and treatment; community outreach activities; and partnerships with local heath care providers, civic organizations, and public schools. The hospital has undergone several expansions, including its most recent addition—a new wing to house an ultramodern labor and delivery floor, emergency department, cardiology laboratory, and intensive care unit. In May 1997, the hospital was designated as the site for one of Kentucky’s congressionally mandated Family Practice Residency Programs and is now home to the University of Louisville Glasgow/Barren County Family Medicine Residency. Today, T.J. Samson Community Hospital is a 196-bed, acute-care facility, including sixteen skilled-care beds and the T.J. Health Pavilion, providing outpatient services and physicians’ offices. For more information, please visit www.tjsamson.org.
About Masimo
Masimo (NASDAQ: MASI) is the global leader in innovative noninvasive monitoring technologies. Our mission is to improve patient outcomes and reduce the cost of care by taking noninvasive monitoring to new sites and applications. In 1995, the company debuted Masimo SET® Measure-through-Motion and Low Perfusion™ pulse oximetry, which has been shown in multiple studies to significantly reduce false alarms and accurately monitor for true alarms. The benefits of Masimo SET® have been proven in more than 100 independent and objective studies and it is estimated to be used on more than 100 million patients in leading hospitals and other healthcare settings around the world. In 2005, Masimo introduced rainbow® Pulse CO-Oximetry technology, allowing noninvasive and continuous monitoring of blood constituents that previously could only be measured invasively, including total hemoglobin (SpHb®), oxygen content (SpOC™), carboxyhemoglobin (SpCO®), methemoglobin (SpMet®), and Pleth Variability Index (PVI®), in addition to SpO2, pulse rate, and perfusion index (PI). The indications for EMMA include the following: 1) The EMMA Emergency Capnometer Monitor measures, displays and monitors carbon dioxide concentration and respiratory rate during anesthesia, recovery and respiratory care. It may be used in the operating suite, intensive care unit, patient room, clinic, emergency medicine and emergency transport settings for adult, pediatric and infant patients. 2) The EMMA Emergency Capnometer Analyzer measures and displays carbon dioxide concentration and respiratory rate during anesthesia, recovery and respiratory care. It may be used in the operating suite, intensive care unit, patient room, clinic, emergency medicine and emergency transport settings for adult, pediatric and infant patients. Additional information about Masimo and its products may be found at www.masimo.com.
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