Arkansas Heart Hospital Upgrades to Masimo SET(R) Pulse Oximetry, Resulting in Significant Reduction in False Alarms and Improved Patient Care and Satisfaction - Seite 2

Masimo SET^® Measure-through Motion and Low Perfusion™ pulse oximetry technology has been proven by more than 100 independent and objective studies and used on more than 100 million patients a year in leading hospitals worldwide, including the top 10 on the U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals Honor Roll (2014-2015). Multiple studies have shown that Masimo SET^® significantly reduces false alarms (specificity), and accurately detects true alarms (sensitivity) compared to non-Masimo SET^® pulse oximeters.^9,10

In addition, in a study at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in a 36-bed orthopedic unit covering 2,841 patients and 9,978 monitored days over 10 months, the implementation of Masimo SET^® bedside pulse oximetry and Masimo Patient SafetyNet™ resulted in:

• Over every 1,000 discharges, patients who were not continuously monitored had 3.4 rescue activations, while patients monitored continuously with Masimo SET^® had 1.2 rescue activations -- a 65% reduction.
• Over every 1,000 patient days, patients who were not continuously monitored had 5.6 ICU transfers, while patients monitored continuously with Masimo SET^® had 2.9 ICU transfers -- a 48% reduction.
• Dartmouth-Hitchcock estimated cost savings of $58,459 savings per patient not transferred to the ICU, for a annualized savings over $1.5 million annually.¹¹

"We are truly honored to work in partnership with Arkansas Heart Hospital, which has a proven commitment to patient care and safety," said Jon Coleman, Masimo President of Worldwide Sales, Professional Services and Medical Affairs. "We also are thrilled to see how use of our pulse oximetry technology has helped the hospital achieve its important alarm-management goals, while having the added benefit of increasing its patient-satisfaction scores."

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2 Joint Commission Sentinel Event Alert. Issue 49. August 8, 2012.
3 https://www.ismp.org/newsletters/acutecare/articles/20090312.asp
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5 Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Substance abuse treatment admissions involving abuse of pain relievers: 1998 and 2008,http://oas.samhsa.gov/2k10/230/230PainRelvr2k10.cfm (accessed October 28, 2011).