Keeping an eye on at-risk patients remotely

Area of Science:

• Healthcare technology
• Patient safety

Background:

• Traditional patient monitoring relies on human sitters, which can be costly.
• There is a need for efficient and affordable patient surveillance solutions.

Purpose of the Study:

• To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of AvaSure as a patient monitoring system.
• To compare AvaSure's cost with traditional sitter pay rates.

Main Methods:

• The study compared the hourly cost of using AvaSure with the hourly wages of human sitters.
• Data was collected on sitter pay ranges and AvaSure's per-patient hourly cost.

Main Results:

• Sitter pay ranges from $11 to $40 per hour.
• The cost to utilize AvaSure is less than $3 per hour per patient.

Conclusions:

• AvaSure presents a substantially more economical option for patient monitoring compared to employing human sitters.
• Implementing AvaSure can lead to significant cost savings in patient surveillance.