Wearable Monitors: Leveraging New Tools to Empower Nurses

Wearable Monitors: Leveraging New Tools to Empower Nurses

November 2023

Hear how Houston Methodist and Ardent Health Services have implemented wearable vital signs monitors as tools to empower nurses and address emerging challenges in low acuity settings. With a goal to enhance workflows, improve patient safety and streamline capacity management, these groups will share how they are implementing new technologies that expand patient monitoring in the hospital and at home.

Audience members will gain perspective on the need to enhance patient monitoring practices given the rise in general patient acuity and consistent strain on nurses today. In a panel discussion, clinical leaders from Houston Methodist, BSA Hospital, and Hillcrest Medical Center will share their teams’ experience leveraging wearable vital signs monitors, how these new tools have been used by nurses to identify patient trends and act earlier.