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USA Health chooses Redivus Health to support cardiac arrest resuscitation improvement initiative
As part of a larger performance improvement initiative, USA Health selected Redivus Health’s code blue resuscitation software to facilitate quality goals for the organization and to assist with ongoing staff training. Affiliated with the University of South Alabama, USA Health is located in Mobile, Alabama, and is the Gulf Coast region’s only academic medical center. The 240-bed USA Health University Hospital will be the first facility in Alabama to implement Redivus with its code blue [...]
Drawing inspiration from The Checklist Manifesto
The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right by Atul Gawande Dr. Jeff Dunn worked as a hospitalist for many years before founding Redivus Health. During that time, he was involved in many resuscitation events where the patient was in cardiac arrest. He knows he is not immune to making mistakes during these events and observed others having similar problems. “I often wondered why there wasn’t a decision aid other than the standard ACLS algorithm [...]
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 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 they manage cardiac arrest documentation with a mobile [...]
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 [...]
