GE Healthcare Introduces Wireless Patient Monitoring Solution to Help Clinicians Detect Early Patient Deterioration

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GE Healthcare unveiled Portrait Mobile, a wireless patient monitoring system that allows continuous monitoring during hospital stays. This technology aims to detect patient deterioration earlier than traditional methods, potentially reducing ICU admissions and length of stay. The system captures vital signs wirelessly, enabling better patient mobility and early intervention for complications. Developed at GE's center in Helsinki, Portrait Mobile ensures reliable monitoring, leveraging existing hospital networks and improving overall patient outcomes.

Positive

• Continuous monitoring may reduce ICU admissions and length of stay.
• Improved patient mobility leads to better recovery outcomes.
• Harnesses existing hospital network infrastructure, minimizing costs.

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• None.

• Continuous monitoring using wearable sensors in general hospital wards may help detect patient deterioration earlier than traditional spot check methods and assist clinicians in improving patient outcomes¹.
• Wireless monitoring allows earlier patient mobilization, a key indicator for recovery, particularly post-surgery².
• This innovative technology was developed at GE Healthcare’s global center of excellence for monitoring solutions in Helsinki, Finland.

HELSINKI--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- With most hospitals around the world currently relying on manual “spot-checks” to monitor patient vitals, GE Healthcare unveils Portrait Mobile³, a wireless patient monitoring system that enables continuous monitoring throughout a patient’s stay. The system helps clinicians detect patient deterioration. Early detection of patient deterioration may help reduce length of stay and intensive care unit (ICU) admissions – and improve patient outcomes⁴. Portrait Mobile includes patient-worn wireless sensors which communicate with a mobile monitor.

Portrait Mobile (Photo: Business Wire)

Globally, an estimated 65 percent of hospital patients and over 90 percent of post-acute care patients are monitored manually and not continually.⁵ Many vital sign changes are missed during spot checks which often occur in four-to-six-hour intervals⁶. A UK national audit of adult in-hospital cardiac arrests showed that more than half (57 percent) occurred on the wards and only five percent in the ICU⁷ where patients are monitored continuously. Most patients who end up in cardiac arrest or critical care, don’t suddenly deteriorate but rather present with earlier vital signs that show abnormal trends⁸. Respiratory rate is the highest ranked variable in models predicting clinical deterioration in the hospital⁹.

With Portrait Mobile, respiration rate, oxygen saturation and pulse rate for general ward and post-surgery patients can be captured wirelessly, continuously. This innovation allows caregivers to identify changes that may signal that cardiorespiratory complications or infectious disease may be developing. It gives clinicians the opportunity to act early and potentially avert serious adverse events.

“In an evaluation clinical study conducted at a London hospital in the UK, 90 percent of nurses reported that they feel more reassured about their patient’s condition when continuous monitoring is used versus vital signs spot check measuring,” said Erno Muuranto, Engineering Director at GE Healthcare in Finland. “Portrait Mobile provides reliable measurement technology and meaningful alarms in a mobile setting.”

For patients, Portrait Mobile’s wireless continuous monitoring helps with the ability to move about the hospital, without being restricted to the bedside. This also allows visitors to interact with the patient without technology getting in the way. Moreover, the solution provides patients and family members peace of mind knowing that monitoring is constant - even when the patient is out of their room. Patient mobility may help improve patient outcomes and reduce length of stay, which may lower costs and elevate patient satisfaction¹⁰.

Portrait Mobile is designed to be as reliable as wired technology. Its routable communications architecture enables hospitals to leverage their existing network infrastructure when deploying the system, reducing installation and maintenance costs.

Portrait Mobile was developed in Helsinki, GE Healthcare’s global center of excellence for monitoring solutions where engineers have been developing patient monitoring technology for decades. Today, GE monitors are used in hospitals across the world - from Beijing to London, New York, and more.

About GE Healthcare:

GE Healthcare is the $17.7 billion healthcare business of GE (NYSE: GE). As a leading global medical technology, pharmaceutical diagnostics and digital solutions innovator, GE Healthcare enables clinicians to make faster, more informed decisions through intelligent devices, data analytics, applications and services, supported by its Edison intelligence platform. With over 100 years of healthcare industry experience and around 48,000 employees globally, the company operates at the center of an ecosystem working toward precision health, digitizing healthcare, helping drive productivity and improve outcomes for patients, providers, health systems and researchers around the world.

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¹ Taenzer, et al., Postoperative Monitoring—The Dartmouth Experience. The Official Journal of the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation; Volume 27, No. 1, 1-28 Circulation 94,429 (2012). 15. Brown, et al., Continuous Monitoring
² https://www.medelahealthcare.com/en-GB/insights/benefits-of-early-patient-mobilization
³ Portrait Mobile is a CE-marked medical device. Portrait Mobile is not 510(k) cleared and not available in all markets.
⁴ Brown, et al., Continuous Monitoring in an Inpatient Medical-Surgical Unit: A Controlled Clinical Trial. The American Journal of Medicine; Vol. 127, Issue 3, 226–232. 16. Vincent, et al.,
⁵ https://www.managedhealthcareexecutive.com/view/need-continuous-monitoring-todays-healthcare-system
⁶ Michard, et al., Protecting ward patients. ICU Management & Practice; Vol 19 – Issue 1 (2019).
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⁸ Churpek MM, Yuen TC, Huber MT, et al. (2012) Predicting cardiac arrest on the wards. A nested case-control study. Chest, 141:1170-1176.
⁹ Loughlin, et al., Respiratory Rate: The Forgotten Vital Sign – Make It Count! Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf; 44(8) 494-499 (2018).
¹⁰ Vincent, et al., Improving detection of patient deterioration in the general hospital ward environment. Eur J Anaesthesiol; 35:325-333 (2018).

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FAQ

What is GE's Portrait Mobile monitoring system?

Portrait Mobile is a wireless patient monitoring system that enables continuous monitoring of patients, designed to enhance detection of deterioration and improve outcomes.

How does Portrait Mobile improve patient outcomes?

By allowing continuous monitoring, it helps clinicians detect vital sign changes earlier, potentially reducing ICU admissions and hospital length of stay.

Where was Portrait Mobile developed?

Portrait Mobile was developed at GE Healthcare’s global center of excellence for monitoring solutions in Helsinki, Finland.

What are the benefits of continuous monitoring with Portrait Mobile?

Benefits include enhanced patient mobility, earlier detection of complications, and improved reassurance for healthcare providers.

What is the significance of wireless monitoring in hospitals?

Wireless monitoring allows for constant observation of patients, minimizing missed vital sign changes that can occur with traditional spot checks.