Almost everyday we hear yet another story of things going wrong in hospitals. Patients do not receive timely care, there are too many adverse events and avoidable deaths and hospital acquired infections are only too common. These are problems faced by all hospital operators in all countries worldwide and arise not because hospital staff are negligent or overworked, but essentially because hospital
Vast sums spent dealing with patient safety issues are wasted, unnecessary and unsustainable. Monitoring patients better to know their status at all times is one of the very few proven actions that can be done to address this crisis. The focus needs to shift to one that actively promotes good health practices and move the burden of acute care from the hospital to the home.
Existing research clearly highlights early detection of patient deterioration is vital to improving patient safety and avoiding preventable deaths. One solution to this is remote monitoring systems that use wireless, sensing and information technologies to continuously collect and analyse patient data, especially from those patients deemed clinically to be most at risk of contracting sepsis.
The multiple stories of parents of young children who died on a controversial cardiac ward are a stark reality that more needs to be done to bring about significant changes in healthcare practice and provide better care.
Eleven children from England and Wales died following heart surgery between 2010 and 2014 at the Bristol Royal Hospital for Children and everyone is hoping that major changes w
The multiple stories of parents of young children who died on a controversial cardiac ward are a stark reality that more needs to be done to bring about significant changes in healthcare practice and provide better care
The multiple stories of parents of young children who died on a controversial cardiac ward are a stark reality that more needs to be done to bring about significant changes in healthcare practice and provide better care.
There is now overwhelming evidence that significant numbers of patients are harmed from the healthcare they receive resulting in permanent injury, increased length of stay in hospital or even death.
It is now widely accepted that 1 in 10 patients admitted to hospital will be unintentionally harmed in some way. Some of these adverse events will be inevitable complications of treatment, however,
In 2010, the cofounders of Isansys Lifecare Ltd, Keith Errey and Rebecca Weir, set out with a vision to overcome barriers of technology integration and data accessibility in healthcare. Here Keith Errey talks about how patient monitoring technologies and data analytics improve clinical decision making and patient outcomes
“Let’s allow doctors and nurses to see the start of trends before they become an issue.” By Mathew Key, Head of Technology at Isansys
By Rebecca Weir, cofounder of Isansys Lifecare Ltd and Director of Business Development
by Julian Jones, Quality Systems and Regulatory Affairs Manager at Isansys Lifecare Ltd in Oxfordshire
“We’ve only unlocked a small proportion of the PSE and Lifetouch’s capabilities”
Isansys provides remote monitoring solutions which improve patient care, drive clinical performance, ensure economic value and enhance patient safety.
Headquartered in Oxfordshire, with subsidiaries in Germany, India and the US, Isansys is a privately limited company which was founded in 2010 by Keith Errey and Rebecca Weir.
Our business is to work with health professionals, insurance companies and healthcare organisations to provide more efficient patient monitoring against a backdrop of staff shortages and a rising number of patients and costs and limited budgets.
All our products and devices are fully certified and qualified medical devices.
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