Nemours Children’s Health System Partners with Zebra Technologies

Zebra Technologies announced that Nemours Children’s Health System selected a clinical mobility solution to improve patient care, efficiency and reduce alarm fatigue. Nemours integrated Zebra’s TC51-HC touch computers and Voalte’s software with its electronic health records (EHR) to allow paramedics in its Clinical Logistics Center (CLC) to more efficiently monitor and care for patients and communicate with nurses and staff at its campuses in Delaware and Florida.
 
Nemours’ CLC is a new approach to patient care and is modeled on systems used by air traffic controllers and NASA’s Mission Control Center. Trained paramedics at the high-tech center use Zebra’s TC51-HC with the Voalte Communication Platform to monitor the health of 250 patients at both locations, manage alarm escalations and communicate with patients when needed. They also help reduce alarm fatigue for nurses as they no longer spend time tracking down false alarms which represented 20 percent of the critical alerts received. 
 
“We chose Zebra’s TC51-HC touch computer because it offers significantly more capabilities than consumer smartphones,” said James Schnatterer, clinical applications manager at Nemours Children’s Health System.