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Masimo and University Hospitals Partner to Combat Nurse Burnout
Masimo Patient SafetyNet™ Remote Monitoring and Supplemental Alarm System Improves Nursing Workflow and Reduces Nursing Workloads IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nMasimo Patient SafetyNet™ Remote Monitoring and Supplemental Alarm System Improves Nursing Workflow and Reduces Nursing Workloads\n\n IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nMasimo (NASDAQ: MASI) today announced that University Hospitals (UH) of Cleveland is using Masimo Patient SafetyNet™, a remote monitoring and supplemental alarm system, to combat nurse burnout by improving workflows and reducing workloads. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to strain healthcare infrastructure around the world, hospitals are dealing with higher than usual rates of nurse turnover. Patient SafetyNet offers a technological approach to supporting nursing workflows, as both UH’s experience and clinical evidence have shown.\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20211004005277/en/Masimo Patient SafetyNet™ with Root® and Replica™ (Photo: Business Wire)\nDuring the pandemic, more than 80% of hospitals have reported an increase in nurse turnover.1 In a survey of more than 20,000 nurses conducted in 2020, 18% intended to resign, 50% responded that work was negatively impacting their health, and 47% reported that insufficient staffing contributed to their desire to leave the profession.2 Nurse staffing shortages have been associated with both increased costs and, crucially, decreased patient safety: A survey of 138 facilities covering more than 120,000 nurses found that the average cost of turnover ranged from $37,400 to $58,400 per nurse.3 And an observational, retrospective study of almost 200,000 patients across 43 hospital units found a significant association between increased patient mortality and nurse staffing below target levels.4\n\nIn a newly released testimonial, available here, UH – one of the largest health systems in Ohio – shows how their experience with continuous remote monitoring using Patient SafetyNet, is positively impacting their nursing practices and the quality of care nurses are able to provide while improving efficiency and staff satisfaction. Within three weeks of implementing Patient SafetyNet, for example, UH found that the average time between obtaining a patient’s vital signs at the point of care and documenting them in the electronic medical record (EMR) had decreased from more than 60 minutes to less than 5 minutes, resulting in a time savings of one FTE ...