Cleveland Clinic has teamed up with Masimo in a fresh partnership to deliver remote hospital monitoring and virtual critical care.
WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT
The work will include integrating Cleveland Clinic’s critical and noncritical care patient monitoring platforms with Masimo’s Hospital Automation platform, according to the company, to provide clinician tools that offer “enhanced situational awareness and clinical decision support for hospitalized patients, including critically ill patients.”
Health system representatives will also work with the vendor on initiatives involving predictive analytics and other AI-based algorithms, with a focus on cardiology.
The Cleveland Clinic already has a central monitoring platform for critical care and noncritical care that provides continuous monitoring of vital signs for both critical care and noncritical care patients. RPM programs serve 11 hospitals and provide critical care specialist monitoring, 24/7 critical care nursing care and patient management.
Masimo’s Hospital Automation platform is built around tools designed to aid physicians improve care not just at the bedside but everywhere a patient is along the care continuum. These technologies include wearable monitoring and sensors, high-fidelity medical device integration, data surveillance and visualization applications, and other AI-based technologies that aid physicians triage patients and detect changes in their conditions more quickly and efficiently.
They are powered by the company’s Halo engine, “which identifies patterns of deterioration across multiple physiological parameters simultaneously,” Masimo explains.
Cleveland Clinic will work with the developer to co-develop other Halo-based decision support tools to aid clinicians detect adverse events earlier in patients of varying severity. With Masimo, the health system also aims to bring its innovations and patient benefits “to other health systems in the future,” the company said in a press release.
BIGGER TREND
As more vast health systems launch or enhance existing RPM, tele-ICU and home hospital initiatives, many are seeing major benefits from these programs—in terms of patient care, provider experience and the bottom line.
However, these methods of care are not without risk, and the success of virtual and remote care depends on thoughtful implementation.
IN THE DOCUMENT
“We look forward to exploring the effects of next-generation wearable devices on hospitalized patients, and as AI capabilities continue to evolve, exploring the potential impact on the care of cardiac patients, including those undergoing cardiac surgery,” said Dr. Thomas Callahan, a cardiologist at the Cleveland Clinic’s Heart, Vascular and Thoracic Institute and principal investigator on the AI study, in a statement.
“By leveraging Masimo’s AI-powered decision support tools, automation solutions and monitoring devices, along with Cleveland Clinic’s deep clinical expertise and commitment to delivering the highest quality, most innovative care, our partnership has the potential to significantly alleviate staffing shortages, better standardize care and promote care led by intensivists and specialists,” added Masimo Founder and CEO Joe Kiani.