HealthCare Focus Podcast, 6/20/2023
Episode Information:
CalmWave aims to remedy alarm fatigue in ICUs by leveraging their expertise in enterprise IT operations and alarms. They focus on addressing false positives and providing data-driven solutions to empower clinicians. By building operations health and reducing false alarms, they aim to improve patient care and outcomes. The platform called Conway integrates various sources of signals and uses feedback loops to enhance incident mapping. The potential of algorithmic marketplaces in healthcare and the role of operations in healthcare and beyond are also explored.
Insights:
Alarm fatigue in ICUs is a significant problem that affects patient recovery and can lead to ICU dementia.
CalmWave aims to solve this problem by leveraging their expertise in enterprise IT operations and alarms.
Data-driven solutions can empower clinicians by providing them with safe recommendations and step-by-step instructions for making adjustments.
CalmWave focuses on addressing false positives and reducing alarm fatigue caused by outdated device interfaces.
Building operations health based on data can help assess clinician workload, reduce false positives, and improve nurse retention.
Grouping alarms into incidents and addressing root data issues are crucial steps in this process.
Reducing false alarms through implementing new defaults for alarm thresholds based on data specific to each ICU’s population and seasonality can lead to quieter ICUs and improved patient care.
Engaging with the platform over eight weeks can help nurse managers reduce alarms by specific KPIs.
Conway’s platform generates new defaults for bedside monitors based on patient history and ensures patient-specific tuning.
Transparency in AI algorithms and the applicability of operations health to machines are key aspects of their approach.
Conway’s software platform integrates various sources of signals and uses feedback loops to enhance incident mapping.
Analyzing new datasets and incorporating supervised learning loops improve incident mapping based on clinician feedback.
Algorithmic marketplaces in healthcare have the potential to improve predictive models and shift towards prevention, saving lives and reducing costs.
A multi-disciplinary team with diverse expertise is crucial for solving complex problems in healthcare.
Operations can be a strategic asset for businesses and contribute to a vision for a healthcare system.
Having strong operational levels can impact various spheres such as finance, staff management, and utilization.
His current company, CalmWave, is using AI to remediate clinical alarm fatigue in ICUs and build a first-to-market hospital operations orchestration platform to improve nurse retention and patient outcomes.
Ophir excels in guiding teams of creative people to successful outcomes regardless of his role, from engineer to CEO. He holds a number of patents spanning data science and IT Operations and thoroughly enjoys the challenges of bringing vision to reality.