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Dr. Herdman leads the clinical team at Hoana Medical, the company whichdeveloped the patented LifeBed technology. The LifeBed transforms anyhospital bed into an intelligent vigilance and alert network by invisiblytracking a patient's basic vital signs and bed exit attempts. Unliketraditional monitoring devices that have cuffs, electrodes or otherattachments to the skin, the LifeBed does this without any connection to thepatient whatsoever. Patients simply rest in bed while the bedside unitdetects their heart rate, respiratory rate and whether or not they areattempting to get out of bed, if fall risk is a concern. And, while otherdevices simply "monitor," the LifeBed system actually reads, interprets andalerts clinical staff through existing nurse call systems based on thepatient's vital signs.
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The LifeBed system has already been used on more than 15,000 individualacute care hospital patients round the U.S. and has resulted in hundreds of"interventions" -- providing a hospital patient a "new lease on life," thatmight otherwise have been lost .
"We are very excited about introducing the LifeBed and LifeGurney PatientVigilance Systems for the first time on the global stage," said Dr. Herdman."Research is the backbone of what we do and is woven through every aspect ofour business. Our findings continue to show that nurses embrace earlyrecognition of patients at risk through technology. We are excited aboutcontinuing to support quality nursing practice and accelerating adoption ofthis revolutionary technology."
Current vigilance technology is already supporting nurses in providing thesafest patient care by alerting them to hospitalized patients that start todecompensate between nursing assessments. Something as simple as findingpatients in trouble early makes an enormous difference in patient outcomes andenhancing the effectiveness of rapid response teams.
Hoana Medical also recently announced its new LifeGurney(TM) PatientVigilance System, which uses the LifeBed technology on hospital gurneys,allowing hospitals to maximize holding areas such as the emergency room andambulatory care by providing continuous vigilance to those patients.
About Hoana Medical, Inc.
Launched in 2002, Hoana Medical, Inc. is the world's leading healthcarecompany focused on "Intelligent Medical Vigilance" in acute care hospitalswhere approximately 200,000 people die from errors and mistakes. It has twoproduct offerings, the LifeBed(TM) Patient Vigilance System and theLifeGurney(TM) Patient Vigilance system. At the intersection betweeninformation technology and medical devices, the LifeBed and LifeGurney Systemsact like another set of eyes for nurses and clinicians have been proven toreduce rapid response times, increase hospital throughput, and increase nurseand patient satisfaction. Patients with LifeBed intervention stories canshare their "intervention" by registering with Hoana's LifePAC team athttp://www.hoana.com/LifePAC and clicking on the Patient Stories button; forevery story, Hoana will donate valuable dollars to the patient's favoritehealth-related charity. Hoana is headquartered in Honolulu, Hawaii. For moreinformation, please visit http://www.hoana.com.
SOURCE Hoana Medical, Inc.
