Patient monitoring
Visual Patient Avatar
A new way to see your patient's vitals takes shape
Visual Patient Avatar translates the wealth of information from Philips IntelliVue patient monitors into visual patient data using an avatar that displays color, shape and animation. This innovative approach to monitoring aims to improve the growing concern of errors related to situational awareness, responsible for up to 80% of anesthesia and critical care incidents [1].
Patient Monitoring
Visual Patient Avatar
Improving situational awareness with Philips Visual Patient Avatar
A new level in clinical decision support
Philips Visual Patient Avatar translates numerical vital signs data into an avatar using color, shape and animation and helps you distinguish between stable and dynamically changing conditions, so you can act before parameter alarming sets in. Visual Patient Avatar features a simple, functional, innovative design, for one-glance holistic recognition of significant changes in patient status.
Innovation inspired from aviation
Flying a plane and caring for a patient involve continuous evaluation of critical data. Inspired by synthetic vision in aviation, the Visual Patient Avatar was originally developed by a team of licensed pilots and anesthesiologists who saw the similarities of the cockpit and the OR and sought to bring these concepts into the fast-paced operating room.
Helping ICU teams monitor with confidence
ICU clinicians must continuously monitor multiple patients in a fast-paced environment where attention is divided across competing priorities. Visual Patient helps support rapid patient assessment by making it easier to recognize patient status and detect important changes at a glance. This enhanced situational awareness may help clinicians prioritize care more effectively and focus their attention where it is needed most.
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Footnotes
- Schulz, C. M., Krautheim, V., Hackemann, A., Kreuzer, M., Kochs, E. F., & Wagner, K. J. (2016). Situation awareness errors in anesthesia and critical care in 200 cases of a critical incident reporting system. BMC anesthesiology, 16, 4. doi:10.1186/s12871-016-0172-7
- Ford S, Birmingham E, King A, Lim J, Ansermino JM. At-a-glance monitoring: covert observations of anesthesiologists in the operating room. Anesth Analg. 2010 Sep;111(3):653-8. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e3181e627d4. Epub 2010 Jun 25. PMID: 20581165.
Disclaimer
Results are specific to the institution where they were obtained and may not reflect the results achievable at other institutions. Results in other cases may vary.