Savings to ALL Healthcare Facilities & their Patients

Discussion in 'Health Care' started by cal5i7ber, Feb 14, 2013.

  1. cal5i7ber

    cal5i7ber Newly Registered

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    Greetings All: Lets take healthcare 1st. I sent my idea to every insurance company doing business in the USA. I sent my idea to everyone in Congress. I sent my idea to many countries. Dont know why no one likes it. I recently visited my wife while she was in the hospital for cancer, she is in renission now. While there, at one point she was in a room with 3 other people. These alarms kept going off for those with IV tube hookups. My wife was always groggy and at 1st i couldnt understand why she just didnt get some sleep. Then i realized with the bells going off at different intravals throughout the day and night it was almost impossible to sleep. My idea would allow patients to get more rest, thus saving ins companies $. If a person is allowed to rest they will heal faster and get home quicker. So, here it is for anyone who is willing to approach hospitals to get it installed and it shouldnt cost more than $50 per unit. A mere drop in the bucket compared with time spent in the hospital, etc.
    When the IV machines are out of fluid, or there is a crink in the line, or an any unnecessary vibrations; it will sound it's alarm loud enough to summon a nurse 20 or more feet away. Do away with the noise alarm and transerfer that alarm to a strobe (small - silver) light above the door to that room in the hallway. Have another light in the nurses station. Keep the RED ALARM on the IV machines the same so that when a nuse does respond to the light above the door she/he can determine which machine needs attention.
     
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    I suppose you are right as the nurse/nurses station is who the alarm system is for. However, turning the sound alarm off in the patient's room should be offered as an option when failure of the system isn't life threatening. Such as a heart lead or other none life threatening monitor devices. I was hospitalized twice for heart attack, in ICU once(talk about monitoring and costly unnecessary restrictions that overburden staff unnecessarily)and heart monitor leads that kept falling off in my sleep and staff taking my blood pressure manually when I was sleeping with an automatic bp cuff on and another lower staff person coming in to put a finger monitor on to take my pulse and another person to take my temperature and another to help me to the rest room. Too many Indians, each with just one little job to perform.

    Husband a doctor and I 35+ years in health care administration. One minimally trained individual can take pulse with finger monitor, temperature and manual bp(when ordered by doctor in addition to automatic bp via cuff) This cuts out one support person. R.N should be allowed to evaluate whether or not the "bed monitor" needs to be activated(it goes off if the patient leaves their bed) For legal reasons most hospitals require an order by the doctor to leave the monitor off, One of pet quips, A MONKEY could tell if a patient wasn't able to get out of their bed and go to the restroom on their own, especially if they were to demonstrate it to the Nurse. If the patient demonstrates the ability to do so and in the Nurses educated opinion doesn't need assistance. the bed alarm should be turned off and free the nursing staffs time to help those patients that truly require their assistance

    But, don't forget that many of the wasted tasks and time taken to performs them by various hospital staff are for "medico-legal reasons". THE NURSE TURNS THE BED ALARM OFF BECAUSE FOR PAST 3 TIMES THE ALARM WENT OFF SHE FOUND THE PATIENT ALREADY IN THE RESTROOM AND ABLE TO USE THE RESTROOM AND RETURN SAFELY TO THEIR BED. Then after the alarm had been turned off the patient tripped and fell and hit their head or broke their hip(senior)and the hospital, doctor and staff are all sued for failing to properly monitor the patient

    These type of lawsuits happen all of the time. So now how do you think it should be dealt with? Pleasw
     

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