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PDC Healthcare Color-Coded Alert Products Case Study

A Medium Enterprise Health Care Organization Uses PDC Healthcare’s Alert Products to Easily Identify Patients with Special Risks

Introduction

This case study of a medium enterprise health care company is based on a May 2017 survey of PDC Healthcare Color-Coded Alert Products customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled company asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

“With the use of the EHR, you can now assess the patient for special concerns and cares instead of taking time to look up the information in their electronic chart.”

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled company to evaluate and ultimately select PDC Healthcare Color-Coded Alert Products:

Experienced the following challenge prior to using color-coded alerts at their hospital:
- A lack of consistent alert identification
Found it difficult to identify patients with special risks before using PDC Healthcare’s color-coded alert products.
Chose PDC Healthcare’s color-coded alert products over other brands for the following reasons:
- Relative value
- Ease of ordering through any channel
- Ease of use
- Superior quality products

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of PDC Healthcare Color-Coded Alert Products that the surveyed company uses:

Is currently using the following color-coded alert products at their hospital:
- Alert wristbands
- Alert clasps/snaps
- Alert labels
Uses the following color-coded alerts at their hospital:
- Allergy (Red)
- Fall Risk (Yellow)
- Latex Allergy (Green)
- Limb Alert (Pink)

Results

The surveyed company achieved the following results with PDC Healthcare Color-Coded Alert Products:

Has experienced the following benefits since using the PDC Healthcare color coded alerts:
- Prevents confusion caused by a lack of standardization
- Improves patient satisfaction
- Provides visual cues that prompt staff to check medical records
- Identifies special patient risks
Finds it significantly easier to identify special patient risks since using color-coded alert products from PDC Healthcare.

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A Medium Enterprise Health Care Organization Uses PDC Healthcare’s Alert Products to Easily Identify Patients with Special Risks

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