Photo Caption: Dr. Matthew Zheng of St. Luke’s Pulmonary & Critical Care Associates shows the Masimo device that helps detect trends and early indicators of patient deterioration.
St. Luke’s University Health Network is marking a decade of leadership and transformation in patient safety through its innovative use of Masimo continuous monitoring technology, an advancement that has helped the Network become the #1‑ranked health system for quality, safety and patient experience according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Over the past 10 years, St. Luke’s has implemented Masimo hardware and software across all medical‑surgical units and other areas that do not require one‑to‑one nursing care. Patients in these units wear a noninvasive Masimo device that continuously monitors vital signs, enabling care teams to identify early signs of deterioration and reduce transfers to the ICU, sepsis rates, code events, readmissions, and complications associated with sedatives or narcotics…