Hoana Medical to Present Clinical Findings on Early Warning Systems at Abu Dhabi Medical Congress
Posted on: Thursday, 9 October 2008, 15:00 CDT
HONOLULU, Oct. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Hoana announced today that Chief Strategic Officer T. Heather Herdman, Ph.D., RN, will be presenting at the Abu Dhabi Medical Congress in late October 2008 in the United Arab Emirates. Herdman will be taking Hoana's clinical findings on "Nurses' Role in Early Recognition" to the world stage, with hundreds of international clinicians, administrators and healthcare industry experts in attendance. With patient safety a priority in today's global healthcare environment, combined with Hoana's recent acquisition of several international quality marks (CE Mark, J-GMP and CANISO), Herdman will be showcasing the LifeBed(TM) Patient Vigilance System to a broad, multi-national audience who will have access to this vigilance technology for the first time.
Dr. Herdman leads the clinical team at Hoana Medical, the company which developed the patented LifeBed technology. The LifeBed transforms any hospital bed into an intelligent vigilance and alert network by invisibly tracking a patient's basic vital signs and bed exit attempts. Unlike traditional monitoring devices that have cuffs, electrodes or other attachments to the skin, the LifeBed does this without any connection to the patient whatsoever. Patients simply rest in bed while the bedside unit detects their heart rate, respiratory rate and whether or not they are attempting to get out of bed, if fall risk is a concern. And, while other devices simply "monitor," the LifeBed system actually reads, interprets and alerts clinical staff through existing nurse call systems based on the patient's vital signs.
The LifeBed system has already been used on more than 15,000 individual acute care hospital patients round the U.S. and has resulted in hundreds of "interventions" -- providing a hospital patient a "new lease on life," that might otherwise have been lost .
"We are very excited about introducing the LifeBed and LifeGurney Patient Vigilance Systems for the first time on the global stage," said Dr. Herdman. "Research is the backbone of what we do and is woven through every aspect of our business. Our findings continue to show that nurses embrace early recognition of patients at risk through technology. We are excited about continuing to support quality nursing practice and accelerating adoption of this revolutionary technology."
Current vigilance technology is already supporting nurses in providing the safest patient care by alerting them to hospitalized patients that start to decompensate between nursing assessments. Something as simple as finding patients in trouble early makes an enormous difference in patient outcomes and enhancing the effectiveness of rapid response teams.
Hoana Medical also recently announced its new LifeGurney(TM) Patient Vigilance System, which uses the LifeBed technology on hospital gurneys, allowing hospitals to maximize holding areas such as the emergency room and ambulatory care by providing continuous vigilance to those patients.
About Hoana Medical, Inc.
Launched in 2002, Hoana Medical, Inc. is the world's leading healthcare company focused on "Intelligent Medical Vigilance" in acute care hospitals where approximately 200,000 people die from errors and mistakes. It has two product offerings, the LifeBed(TM) Patient Vigilance System and the LifeGurney(TM) Patient Vigilance system. At the intersection between information technology and medical devices, the LifeBed and LifeGurney Systems act like another set of eyes for nurses and clinicians have been proven to reduce rapid response times, increase hospital throughput, and increase nurse and patient satisfaction. Patients with LifeBed intervention stories can share their "intervention" by registering with Hoana's LifePAC team at http://www.hoana.com/LifePAC and clicking on the Patient Stories button; for every story, Hoana will donate valuable dollars to the patient's favorite health-related charity. Hoana is headquartered in Honolulu, Hawaii. For more information, please visit http://www.hoana.com/.
Hoana Medical, Inc.
CONTACT: Sonja Brown of Hoana Medical, Inc., +1-916-396-6533
Web site: http://www.hoana.com/
Source: PRNewswire
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