“The value of wearable repositioning sensor technology as an adjunct to pressure injury prevention”
The LEAF Patient Monitoring System helps prevent hospital-acquired pressure injuries, which in turn raises quality of care and lowers costs.
Regular repositioning of patients is critical for preventing hospital acquired pressure injuries (HAPIs), which raise the risk of morbidity and mortality and are a major contributor to high healthcare costs. Wearable wireless sensors such as the LEAF Patient Monitoring System can be a valuable adjunct to HAPI prevention by monitoring patients’ body positions and sending repositioning reminders to hospital staff. The LEAF system offers several advanced features, including the ability to set patient-specific parameters for the frequency and angle of repositioning, visual cues and automatic documentation of compliance with repositioning protocols. Several studies have demonstrated the positive impact of the LEAF system on repositioning compliance, HAPI prevention and quality of care. Using the wearable sensors could result in an annualized cost reduction of $6.2 million, one recent study suggested.