Michelle Stansbury, VP of Innovation and IT Applications at Houston Methodist, discusses in this video their virtual hospital programs as well as hot technologies they’re looking at for the future. Their virtual ICU project started four years ago as a two-year project, but they managed to set it up in just six months as COVID-19 hit. Now they’re extending their insights into the whole hospital and beyond.
The video is full of intriguing details. For instance, they proudly offered every patient an iPad when the virtual ICU opened, to deliver care and allow patients to talk to their families outside the hospital. But staff found that they had to clean the iPad frequently, so the ICU is moving toward delivering the services through the TV instead.
The hospital system’s virtual ICU services, powered by the Sickbay Platform, has seen favorable results. The virtual service permits more monitoring and reduces staffing needs, a critical achievement in these times of clinician flight from the field. Learn from the video how Houston Methodist is using smart devices to collect vital statistics and avoid the hated nightly ritual all patients go through of being woken up to take vital signs.
Stansbury also talks about the role of the EHR, network infrastructure, security, AI, and future technologies of interest such as ambient listening, autonomous wheelchairs, and smart rings as she shares other innovations they’re considering at Houston Methodist.
Check out the video interview below to learn more about the virtual ICU at Houston Methodist and other health IT innovations.
Learn more about Houston Methodist: https://www.houstonmethodist.org/
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