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PDC Healthcare color-coded alert products Case Study

A Medium Enterprise Health Care Organization Improves Quality of Care with PDC Healthcare’s Alert Clasps/Snaps

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.

“PDC Healthcare’s color-coded alerts help reduce patient falls.”

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled organization to evaluate and ultimately select PDC Healthcare color-coded alert products :

  • Experienced the following challenges prior to using color-coded alerts at their hospital:
    • Confusion about color and alert meanings
    • Difficulty in identifying special patient risk or status
    • Caregiver confusion caused by employment at multiple hospitals

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of PDC Healthcare color-coded alert products that the surveyed organization uses:

  • Is currently using the following color-coded alert product at their hospital:
    • Alert clasps / snaps
  • Uses the following color-coded alerts at their hospital:
    • Allergy (Red)
    • Blood (Green)
    • DNR (Purple)
    • Fall Risk (Yellow)
    • Limb Alert (Pink)

Results

The surveyed organization achieved the following results with PDC Healthcare color-coded alert products:

  • Has experienced the following benefits since using the PDC Healthcare color coded alerts:
    • Prevent confusion caused by a lack of standardization
    • Meet state standardization guidelines
    • Improve patient satisfaction
    • Give peace of mind to patients
    • Provide visual cues that prompt staff to check medical records
    • Improve communication among caregivers
    • Identify special patient risks
    • Improve quality of care
  • Found it significantly easier to identify special patient risks since using color-coded alert products from PDC Healthcare.




About This Data

This data was sourced directly from verified users of Alerts Products by TechValidate.

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