Early detection of patient deterioration

Sensium® is the only end-to-end system designed and optimised exclusively for ambulatory patients enabling early detection of deterioration of mobile patients in general medical and surgical wards.   

75%  of all adverse events and preventable deaths occur outside the ICU in unmonitored beds.1

Early detection of patient deterioration

Sensium® is a discreet, wearable, wireless system for monitoring vital signs of patients outside of high acuity areas. By notifying clinicians of changes in patients’ vital signs, Sensium® brings the nurse to the deteriorating patient. 

75%  of all adverse events and preventable deaths occur outside the ICU in unmonitored beds.1

podcast discusses how new technology can prevent avoidable hospital deaths 13th June 2019 - Podcast discusses a paper exploring how new technologies can be used to detect patient deterioration on the ward.
Sepsis survivors face long term risk  3rd June 2019 - Long-term research into sepsis finds that 15% of sepsis survivors died within a year of leaving hospital, with a further 6% to 8% dying every year over the next five years.
Ascom and SENSIUM sign Technical Partnership Agreement   10th May 2019 – SENSIUM and Ascom are delighted to announce today the signing of a Technical Partnership Agreement that will see SENSIUM’s clinically validated wireless patient deterioration detection capabilities being integrated with Ascom’s world-leading healthcare ICT and mobile workflow solutions.

The solution

Sensium®, seamless ambulatory monitoring for the general ward population.

Sensium® your early warning system

Sensium® is a discreet, wearable, wireless system for monitoring vital signs of patients outside of high acuity areas. By using a light comfortable patch worn on the patients chest, Sensium® accurately and reliably monitors and reports heart rate, respiration rate and axillary temperature providing data every two minutes. By notifying clinicians of changes in patients’ vital signs, Sensium® brings the nurse to the deteriorating patient.

Patient summary screen

View a summary of current vitals for patients under your care

Early detection of patient deterioration

Working as your early warning system, Sensium® provides affordable real-time monitoring for your patients. You can be confident in the knowledge that the Sensium® system will notify you of patient deterioration allowing intervention before the condition worsens, thereby improving patient outcomes, shortening hospital stays and lowering treatment costs.

Achieving more
with less

With ageing populations driving healthcare demand and heightened expectations of quality of life during and post medical treatment, healthcare providers globally are under increasing pressure to achieve more with less.

Cost effective patient monitoring regimes will become increasingly important tools to achieve these ends by:

           - Improving patient outcomes,

           - Reducing care costs associated with expensive and largely avoidable patient deterioration episodes,  

           - Driving clinical efficiencies through data and evidence based decision making.





 

Changes to vitals signs were present prior to 75% of in-hospital cardiac arrest deaths.2

$ £ € £3M treatment cost for avoidable Hospital acquired sepsis

£3M treatment cost for avoidable hospital acquired Sepsis in each UK NHS trust.3

36,000 bed days saved 10% reduction in LOS

36,000 bed days saved in general wards in each UK NHS Trust with a 10% reduction in Length-Of-Stay.4

Increased patient mobility

Getting patients up and mobile is key to faster recovery times and fewer complications. The Sensium® patch is lightweight, wireless and comfortable to wear and its unique roaming capabilities mean that patients’ vital signs can be transmitted as they move around. Using Sensium® means you do not have to choose between mobility and monitoring, you can have both.

Optimised patient care

We know that nothing can replace the hands on patient care that nursing teams give. Sensium® allows nurses to prioritise patient care where it is needed most, to the sickest patients. Every patient can be reassured that, even when the nurse cannot be with them, Sensium® is monitoring them and will notify the nurse if something is wrong.

Patient data on the move

Caregivers can conveniently view current values and trend history of patients' vital signs from any connected device within the hospital. If one or more of a patient's vital signs exceed a defined threshold value for a set period of time, Sensium® can deliver notifications to nursing staff via pagers, mobile phones and other handheld devices to warn them of adverse physiological incidents suggesting patient decline.

Patient trend view

Screen detailed historic view of your patient's vitals trends

Sensium® System benefits

Sensium® provides tangible benefits for the patient, clinical teams and for the hospital.

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For the patient

  • 01Comfortable, lightweight, unobtrusive
  • 02Reassurance of continuous monitoring (5 days)
  • 03Allows complete mobility
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For the clinician

  • 01Early detection of patient deterioration
  • 02Internet based (see info from anywhere)
  • 03Integrates with existing workflow
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For the hospital

  • 01Enable improvements in patient outcomes / improved patient satisfaction scores
  • 02Enable reductions in length of stay and treatment cost
  • 03Quick and easy to install

What our customers say about Sensium®

My passion for the Sensium Vitals system is driven by the irrefutable patient safety benefits it offers. Experience elsewhere shows that 100% side room hospital designs can be associated with higher patient risk, particularly if the nursing and other staff presence isn't enhanced to compensate for this.
I believe that Sensium Vitals can bring safety to this environment in a cost-effective way. With Sensium Vitals installed, the New Royal can be the safest hospital in the UK in which patients can enjoy privacy and safety together.

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Gary Masterson
Consultant in Critical Care Medicine & Anaesthesia, Royal Liverpool University Hospital

We at the West Middlesex are excited to be involved with the development of this cutting edge technology and believe that if applied successfully it will improve our patient safety, patient experience and quality of care. 
We are enjoying working in partnership with Sensium and look forward to seeing the outcomes of this quality improvement project.

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Dr Emma Rowlandson
Consultant in Acute Medicine, Acute Medical Unit, West Middlesex University Hospital

This could certainly have a use in the emergency department and from the emergency care phase right through the first couple of days in hospital when the patient is much more liable to deteriorate.

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Tim Coats
Professor of Emergency Medicine, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester

We have picked up episodes where the patient has begun to become unwell that we otherwise wouldn’t have done at such an early stage with standard intermittent monitoring.

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David Jayne
Professor of Surgery, The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

I believe that Sensium Vitals has enabled us to improve the safety of our patients, as the continuous monitoring notifies staff of changes/deterioration in their vital signs. 
The notifications in vital signs alert the nurses to check their patients, allowing earlier interventions to be made, therefore preventing potential deterioration. I consider this supplementary monitoring an enhancement to patient safety and enriches the patient’s journey.

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ANGELA GILLESPIE
Ward manager, Royal Liverpool & Broadgreen University Hospital

The patches help staff focus their efforts on the patients who needed the most support, It prioritises you.
Nothing will ever replace complete clinical observation and the assessment of the patients. What this does is alert you sooner, so you can fulfil those observations and assessments of the patient and activate the appropriate care and treatment for them.

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Lynette Awdrey
MATRON, MONTEFIORE ziekenhuis BRIGHTON

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