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Resuscitation tools for rural healthcare emergencies

We talked to one of the longest running users of the Redivus Health critical care application to get his perspective on its value... Dr. Aaron Neisen Dr. Aaron Neisen is a family practice doctor who practices in the emergency departments of critical access hospitals in the northern part of Missouri. He works through Docs Who Care, an organization that coordinates medical staff coverage at rural and community hospitals throughout the Midwest. The flexible [...]

How hospitals can meet The Joint Commission’s new resuscitation guidelines

As of 2022, critical access hospitals and hospitals accredited by The Joint Commission need to follow new and revised requirements for resuscitation care during and after cardiac arrest. The Joint Commission outlined the goal of these changes as “…reducing unnecessary variations in practice and requiring hospitals to adopt a more proactive internal review of data…” “The new and revised requirements aim to strengthen resuscitation and post-resuscitation care processes by reducing unnecessary variations in practice and [...]

Creating digital health solutions for Pediatric Advanced Life Support

Cardiac arrest in children is rare, but when it does occur, the stakes are high. 16,000 cases of pediatric cardiac arrest occur each year with a survival rate of 10-15% Imagine treating an infant or young child in the ICU or ER when breathing stops, the heart stops, and a code is called. Time can feel frozen and confusion can set in, yet every second is critical to saving that child’s life. Augmented intelligence in [...]

Redivus earns one of 11 spots in Germany-based Healthcare Startup Accelerator

MUNICH, GERMANY (October 21, 2020) – Startup Creasphere kicks off the fifth batch of its healthcare innovation program where 11 startups will collaborate with their corporate partners and their projects teams on 11 jointly developed pilot projects. “We are looking forward to working with these inspiring startups and dedicated pilot owner teams from our partners. As we are just kicking off the new program, the best is yet to come,” says Frederike Rohr, Director of [...]

Jeff Dunn on Grill Nation

Jeff Dunn on Jason Grill's Grill Nation radio show The May 16 episode of Jason Grill's Grill Nation radio show and podcast featured Redivus founder and CEO Jeff Dunn for a candid discussion about healthcare, innovation and entrepreneurism amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. "The mission of Redivus Health is to reduce medical errors and save patient lives. ... Fascinating show this week with an entrepreneur, doctor and healthcare thought leader." — Jason Grill, host [...]

Using App Improved Residents’ Performance During Code Blue Simulations

Highlights: Using the Redivus Code Blue app during cardiac arrest simulations increased correct interventions by 22% and reduced incorrect interventions by 66%. Residents expressed increased confidence and focus while using the app. During a code blue, when a patient’s life is on the line, chaos is common. The intensity of the experience and the possibility of life or death depending on your actions can be challenging for even the most experienced physicians and nurses. For [...]

Code Blue Documentation in Real Time

Streamline Documentation and Improve Accuracy with Redivus Code Blue App HaysMed is part of The University of Kansas Health System located in Hays, Kansas. This 207-bed tertiary care hospital serves the northwest corner of Kansas and a regional referral network of 24 Critical Access Hospitals. HaysMed is a Level III Trauma Center with a dedicated Code Blue team that sees an average of 80 cardiac arrest cases each year. HaysMed nursing staff transformed the way [...]

David W. Johnson and Jeff Dunn Co-Author White Paper: “A GPS for Cardiac Arrest”

A new white paper from 4sightHealth explores the case for using clinical decision apps during in-hospital cardiac arrests (IHCAs) to improve survival rates in "A GPS for Cardiac Arrest: In Life-or-Death Moments Clinical Apps Save Lives." David W. Johnson, healthcare expert and 4sightHealth CEO, and Jeff Dunn, Redivus Health CEO, present the evidence and rationale for using smart applications for cardiac arrest. Read this excerpt from the white paper: HOW CODE BLUE APPS ANSWER PATIENT [...]

Code Blue in the OR: From Flatline to Recovery

Dr. Jacob Shepherd was in the final weeks of his family medicine residency program, doing an OB rotation, when a Code Blue was called in the suburban hospital. The call came from the surgical operating room, and he rushed to respond. The patient, a 42-year-old woman who had come in for an elective, non-urgent surgery, had suffered cardiac arrest before the procedure began. “I arrived within a couple minutes of the first CPR cycle, and [...]

Healthcare IT News: New Study Identifies Top Clinical Decision Support Vendors

Article by Bill Siwicki, Healthcare IT News The following is an excerpt of the article, highlighting the Redivus Health sepsis case study. Seventy-four percent of healthcare provider organizations use clinical decision support (CDS) technology, according to a new study from Reaction Data, relying on CDS to make more informed medication orders (30 percent), lab orders (24 percent), medical imaging orders (20 percent), choosing wisely (13 percent) and other (13 percent). The report polled interviewed 180 clinical, [...]