Forget Ringing The Button For The Nurse. Patients Now Stay Connected By Wearing One

Tribune News Service, South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Wed, 05/15/2024 - 11:04am

By Phil Galewitz, KFF Health News Patients admitted to Houston Methodist Hospital get a monitoring device about the size of a half-dollar affixed to their chest — and an unwitting role in the expanding use of artificial intelligence in health care. The slender, battery-powered gadget, called a BioButton, records vital signs including heart and breathing rates, then wirelessly sends the readings to nurses sitting in a 24-hour control room elsewhere in the hospital or in their homes.

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Forget Ringing the Button for the Nurse; Patients Now Stay Connected by Wearing One
Sheeba Roy, DNP, RN, a nurse manager at Houston Methodist, said some members of the nursing staff were nervous about relying on the device and not checking patients' vital signs as often themselves.
05/12/2024 - 5:31 pm | View Link
Forget ringing the button for the nurse: Patients can now stay connected by wearing one
Sheeba Roy, a nurse manager at Houston Methodist, said some members of the nursing staff were nervous about relying on the device and not checking patients' vital signs as often themselves.
05/12/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link
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