{"id":4903,"date":"2016-02-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-02-17T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/2016\/02\/17\/patient-sitter-meet-telesitter\/"},"modified":"2018-08-07T14:47:30","modified_gmt":"2018-08-07T20:47:30","slug":"patient-sitter-meet-telesitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/patient-sitter-meet-telesitter\/","title":{"rendered":"Patient sitter, meet telesitter"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><figure id=\"attachment_2246\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2246\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2246\" src=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/1970\/01\/28145057\/EXT_012016_telesitter.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/1970\/01\/28145057\/EXT_012016_telesitter.webp 1000w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/1970\/01\/28145057\/EXT_012016_telesitter-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/1970\/01\/28145057\/EXT_012016_telesitter-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/1970\/01\/28145057\/EXT_012016_telesitter-150x100.webp 150w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/1970\/01\/28145057\/EXT_012016_telesitter-200x133.webp 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2246\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lorrie Henecke, clinical nurse specialist for UCHealth Northern Colorado Medical Services, directed the program\u2019s implementation along with Clinical Director Kim Sell. Photo by Kati Blocker, UCHealth.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Telemedicine is helping medical professionals across the country provide quality care \u2014 regardless of the patient\u2019s location. \u00a0Next month, Medical Center of the Rockies (MCR)\u00a0will begin using the same emerging technology to improve patient safety and staff efficiency.<\/p>\n<p>Patient sitter, meet telesitter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis program is unique because the technology goes to where the patient is,\u201d said Lorrie Henecke, clinical nurse specialist for Medical Services in UCHealth Northern Colorado. \u201cHaving telesitters will not only improve patient safety and reduce falls, but also be a huge cost savings to the system.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The telesitter program works like this: Nursing staff identifies patients who could benefit from the technology based on a detailed algorithm. The most common situations are patients who are confused or unsteady enough to be at high risk for falls, dislodging equipment or impulsive behavior, as well as for those who may become violent. A highly sensitive mobile camera is then placed in such patients\u2019 rooms, allowing 24\/7 communication with a certified nursing assistant, dual trained as a video monitoring technician (VMT), from a remote location.<\/p>\n<p>The telehealth cameras have the capacity to transmit real-time, two-way visual and auditory signals, allowing VMTs and patients to communicate seamlessly and improving the hospital experience for both parties, Henecke said. If, for example, the patient requests assistance or the technician deems that he or she needs help, staff on the nursing unit is immediately alerted to enter the room, or the technician can ask the patient if something is needed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith this process, our video monitor technicians can watch up to 12 people at once, so that\u2019s an elimination of the 11 one-to-one safety partners (patient sitters) we are currently using,\u201d said Henecke, who directed the program\u2019s implementation along with Kim Sell, clinical director of UCHealth Northern Colorado Medical Services.<\/p>\n<p>This should increase patient and staff satisfaction because nursing assistants won\u2019t need to be pulled from units to fulfill the safety partner role, said Tara Shaw, nurse manager on MCR\u2019s medical floor. \u201cWe\u2019ll be able to keep them out on the unit where we need them and utilize this technology instead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There may still be situations where a safety partner is needed, but even then, the technology is helpful, Henecke said. \u201cIf a patient is deemed a high enough safety risk to themselves or others, a safety partner may sit in the room in addition to using the monitor to ensure the well being of the safety partner,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Another benefit to the program is the CNAs\u2019 duel training.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStaff now has more flexibility in their roles when they are scheduled to work because video monitoring techs and CNAs are able to perform each other\u2019s duties,\u201d said Shaw.<\/p>\n<p>Henecke added, \u201cThe person who\u2019s watching the patient understands the process on the floor, and the aides on the floor understand the process of the VMTs. Because they work in both roles, they collaborate better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The program will kick off with up to four monitors available for use on MCR\u2019s third floor medical unit. And because on any given day, Poudre Valley Hospital (PVH) or MCR may have multiple patients requiring safety partners, the financial benefits will be immediate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe currently have an average of four to six safety partners at each facility on any given day, and a few weeks ago we had 12 (at one time),\u201d Henecke said.<\/p>\n<p>She estimates UCHealth will realize significant cost savings for the first year, and she said she hopes to expand the program to as many as 12 cameras in use simultaneously at both MCR and PVH.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe needed an alternative to one-on-one sitters to keep patients safe and to be fiscally responsible,\u201d said Henecke. \u201cHaving a telesitter program was inevitable because of the improved outcomes it will lead to as well as the fantastic cost savings it will provide.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Telemedicine is helping medical professionals across the country provide quality care \u2014 regardless of the patient\u2019s location. \u00a0Next month, Medical Center of the Rockies (MCR)\u00a0will begin using the same emerging technology to improve patient safety and staff efficiency. 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