Falls in hospitals can take a heavy toll
Falls impact patient outcomes and experience, and impose a great cost on hospitals.
1,000,000 patients
in the U.S. experience a fall while being treated in the hospital each year.1
80 to 90% of falls
in hospitals are unassisted, and unassisted falls are more likely to result in injury.2
More than 1/3 of falls
in hospitals result in injury.3
Stryker’s connected ProCuity beds and Prime Connect stretchers can help.
Our smart, connected beds and stretchers are proven to support fall prevention protocols when used as part of a comprehensive fall prevention strategy.5,6
Simplify nurse workflows
Nurses need information, insights and simplified workflows that help them provide safe patient care with less burden. Stryker’s ProCuity beds and Prime Connect stretchers deliver.
Smart bed configuration monitoring
iBed Watch monitors ProCuity’s bed height, head-of-bed angle and siderail configuration for compliance with parameters set at the bedside.
Enhanced alarm accuracy
ProCuity’s Adaptive Bed Alarm adjusts its sensitivity based on the patient’s weight and position, and the bed’s siderail configurations. Prime Connect’s tailored bed exit alarms align with patient fall risk status and hospital auditory preferences.
Cable-free nurse call connection
Secure Connect enables ProCuity to automatically connect to nurse call without needing to plug in a cable.
Enable quicker response to patients at risk of falling
Through Stryker’s Dynamic Clinical Workflow, nurses can receive bed and stretcher notifications when they’re away from the bedside, to support quicker intervention when a patient is at risk of falling. Dynamic Clinical Workflow is an adaptable, scalable way to bring together the people and information needed to deliver quality patient care.
Intelligent workflow for care teams on the go
For on-the-go monitoring and support for rapid response, ProCuity and Prime Connect can send notifications through our enterprise workflow platform to the right care team members at the right time.*
Centralized monitoring with Vision
The Vision clinical dashboard provides remote visibility to patients’ bed or stretcher compliance with hospital safe-bed configurations in near-real time.**
Get the eGuide: Supporting hospital fall prevention strategies through smart, connected bed and stretcher workflows
Discover how one hospital reduced bed-related falls by 64.8%, and an adult ED in a level 1 trauma center decreased falls 27% using Stryker’s smart, connected beds and stretchers.5,6† Learn more about the solutions behind the results. Find out how we can help your team use a data-driven approach to supporting fall-prevention protocols and long-term success.
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Learn more*Requires ProCuity and/or Prime Connect to be integrated with Vocera Engage intelligent middleware through our wireless system. Vocera Engage includes Engage Medical Device Alarm Notification (EMDAN), FDA 510(k)-cleared middleware, to deliver secondary alarms. Capabilities are based on your facility’s protocols and technology configuration.
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†These hospitals’ results reflect the policies, protocols, technology and training implemented by these hospitals and the results are not necessarily representative of what another hospital may experience.
1. Health Research & Educational Trust. Preventing patient falls: A systematic approach from the Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare project. Oct 2016. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
2. Assisted and Unassisted Falls: Different Events, Different Outcomes, Different Implications for Quality of Hospital Care. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2014 August; 40(8): 358–364. Accessed 30 June 2023. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
3. Falls. Patient Safety Network. September 7, 2018. Retrieved July 1, 2024.
4. Dykes PC, Burns Z, Adelman J, et al. Evaluation of a Patient-Centered Fall-Prevention Tool Kit to Reduce Falls and Injuries: A Nonrandomized Controlled Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2020;3(11):e2025889. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.25889. Retrieved July 1, 2024.
5. Rohac, Delane, et al. Outcomes Story: Targeted Fall Prevention Interventions and Wireless Technology Results in Successful Quality Improvement Intervention. October 2018. Retrieved July 1, 2024.
6. Cook NS, Komansky BJ, Urton MS. Do No Harm: A Multifactorial Approach to Preventing Emergency Department Falls – A Quality Improvement Project. J Emerg Nurs. 2020 Sep;46(5):666-674. doi: 10.1016/j.jen.2020.03.007. Epub 2020 Jun 4. PMID: 32507724. Retrieved July 1, 2024.
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