Supporting fall prevention protocols through smart, connected bed workflows

Falls in hospitals can take a heavy toll on patient outcomes and experience. Integrating smart, connected beds with your hospital’s communication system is a technology approach that can be used as part of a comprehensive fall prevention strategy. This guide offers questions to consider as you explore smart, connected bed solutions. It provides an overview of technologies that can support your roadmap today and into the future.

Specifically, you will learn:

• How you can use technology to take lower-value tasks off nurses’ plates and streamline workflows
  
  
• The role a hospital bed can play in reducing alarm fatigue and enhancing patient safety
  
  
• How one hospital achieved a 62% reduction in bed-related falls while achieving high levels of care team satisfaction¹