Cirencester, UK, April 30th, 2024 — OBS Medical announced today that Health Canada has authorised the use of Visensia® to aid in the early recognition and response to clinical deterioration for in hospital patients.
OBS Medical continues its mission to promote the use of continuous vital sign monitoring integrated with an Early Warning System (EWS) called Visensia® that is designed to analyse and interpret the combined patterns of vital signs and provide clinicians with insight into their patient’s risk of future deterioration.
“As more and more hospitals explore the adoption of continuous vital sign monitoring outside of traditional areas like the ICU, and these nursing teams face previously known issues like increased single channel alerts and alarms, false positives, and potentially alarm fatigue, the need for a smart solution like Visensia, that is vendor agnostic, will certainly help with this transition and with the goal of achieving zero – unexpected deaths”, explains CEO Simon Didcote.
An earlier study1 at The Ottawa Hospital (Ontario, Canada), highlighted the use of an EWS by a Rapid Response Team (RRT) had the potential to provide earlier recognition of deterioration and mortality risk among hospitalized inpatients and what ultimately lead to the hard work in achieving approval for Visensia in Canada.
Validation from hospitals across the globe continue to grow as the adoption and real time use of Visensia as part of standard clinical practise expands, and we look forward to working with our partners and hospitals in Canada looking to evaluate Visensia as part of their strategic plans regarding continuous vital sign monitoring and adoption of regulated algorithms.
Visensia Overview:
- Visensia analyses and interprets the combined patterns of up to five vital signs collected from existing bedside monitors and ambulatory devices or manually during routine observations to generate a single early-warning index; Visensia – The Safety Index (VSI).
- Visensia addresses known issues with continuous vital sign monitoring and standard EWS systems, such as alarm fatigue and unrecognised deterioration.
Benefits:
- Average 6 hours advanced warning of critical instability.
- 58% reduction in the number of times a patient became seriously unstable.
- 60% reduction in the duration of when patients were critically unstable.
References:
- Reardon PM, Seely AJE, Fernando SM, et al. Can Early Warning Systems Enhance Detection of High Risk Patients by Rapid Response Teams? Journal of Intensive Care Medicine. 2021;36(5):542-549. doi:10.1177/0885066620978140