Anesthesiologist creates a solution for preventing in-surgery adverse events through a remote monitoring app
ATLANTA — A revolutionary mobile app will provide in-hospital anesthesiologists with alerts of real-time changes in their patients’ vitals on their smartphones. Guardian Vitals, created by Vigilant Medical Solutions LLC, enables anesthesiologists to monitor and quickly respond to changes in any of their patients’ vital signs across multiple operating rooms.
Guardian Vitals technology allows users to set patient-specific parameters and receive proactive updates on vitals, which can decrease the risk of adverse outcomes, such as acute kidney injury (AKI), postoperative delirium, stroke and death. Guardian Vitals technology also helps counter stress levels for patient care teams and distractions in the OR, such as noise levels and alarm fatigue, by sending real-time alerts to the supervising anesthesiologist.
Dr. Justin Scott, M.D., FASA, founder of Vigilant Medical Solutions LLC and a practicing anesthesiologist for more than 20 years, understood the challenges associated with concurrently tracking vital signs of multiple patients. This desire to enhance vigilance and patient care drove the creation and development of hand-held, real-time case visibility.
“The purpose of creating the Guardian Vitals app was to provide clinicians easy access to patient vitals, which is crucial when doctors are working with several patients across multiple operating rooms,” said Dr. Scott. “In the OR, every second counts. With the Guardian Vitals app, we are working to prevent adverse patient events and provide better outcomes by staying on top of any critical changes to our patients’ vitals.”
Guardian Vitals addresses current anesthesiologist staffing shortages by allowing anesthesiologists to monitor more operating rooms simultaneously, despite increased work demands on their time and attention, in a safer and more efficient manner.
ABOUT GUARDIAN VITALS
Guardian Vitals is an app built for vigilance across multiple operating rooms at once, providing early alerting and improving patient safety. Built by Dr. Justin Scott, an anesthesiologist with more than 20 years of experience, and designed to fit seamlessly into workflow, Guardian Vitals uses AI-powered technology to modernize the field of patient monitoring. Physicians can easily view all cases in real-time on any mobile device, with the ability to configure vital ranges and set customized SMS and email alerts for each patient, bringing peace of mind to care teams, patient families and hospital systems. To learn more, visit www.guardianvitals.com.
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