Automated Patient Surveillance Systems Take Aim at Hospital Infection Control Practice
Executive Summary
Pressure to adopt the latest infection control solutions will continue to grow as payor reimbursement becomes more closely tied to how hospitals perform in the area of health care associated infections. Automated patient surveillance systems offer health care facilities the ability to identify pathogen patterns and identify when control limits have been reached. This may help health care professionals slow or even completely prevent outbreaks, representing a significant improvement over conventional methods of tracking infections.
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This article first appeared in Medtech Insight, October 2010.