Is the Vision of a Quiet ICU a Realistic Goal?
The idea of a “quiet” intensive care unit (ICU) may seem like a far-fetched dream, but with the help of artificial intelligence…
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Stop INTERRUPTING our clinicians. Let them do what they do best.
“The average ER doctor gets interrupted once every 2 minutes,” someone once told me as they were interrupting my order for antibiotics…
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The Problems With Early Warning Scores and How We Can Fix Them
Early warning scores (EWS) help medical staff identify when a patient’s condition is deteriorating. They trigger an alert to indicate a patient…
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ICU Alarm Fatigue — How did this situation get so dire?
Alarm fatigue is a critical problem in ICUs worldwide and affects clinicians, patients, and caregivers. Alarm Fatigue is the incessant noise emitted…
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Is Alarm Fatigue a key contributor to Nurse Burnout? (Hint: Yes!)
Nurses are the backbone of the healthcare industry. They work long hours and face many challenges on a daily basis. One of…
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What’s causing Healthcare Burnout and what can be done?
We are in the middle of a healthcare burnout epidemic. Over 60% of nurses report burnout, leading to massive attrition rates. This…
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Dangers of Over-Alarming in the ICU
As the number of medical devices and technologies in healthcare settings has increased, so has the number of alarms sounding in hospitals.…
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