GE HealthCare Announces The Publication Of Data From A Two-Phase Pilot Study Conducted With Cleveland Clinic In The Peer-Reviewed Journal Of Clinical Anesthesia, Highlighting Performance Of The Wireless And Wearable Portrait Mobile Monitoring Solution In The Post-Surgical Ward Environment

• Published in the Journal of Clinical Anesthesia, results from the two-phase, 250 patient pilot study show clinicians found a majority (82%) of the alarms from the wireless and wearable Portrait Mobile monitoring solution to be informative or useful to optimize patient care in medical-surgical units.1
• Study findings suggest that continuous monitoring helps provide critical information to clinicians, enabling them to intervene effectively before a patient deteriorates.
• Undetected patient deterioration, particularly post-surgery, can lead to hazardous yet preventable consequences, with 30-day mortality after surgery representing the third leading cause of death globally.2

GE HealthCare (NASDAQ:GEHC) today announced the publication of data from a two-phase pilot study conducted with Cleveland Clinic in the peer-reviewed Journal of Clinical Anesthesia, highlighting performance of the wireless and wearable Portrait Mobile monitoring solution in the post-surgical ward environment.

With published alarm rates from critical care and cardiac telemetry units that number in the hundreds per bed per day, healthcare systems may be concerned with alarm management in lower acuity settings.3,4 The results from this study highlight the potential of the wireless and wearable Portrait Mobile monitoring solution to provide meaningful alarms for clinicians and help encourage clinical intervention while minimizing alarm fatigue.1

The COSMOS (Continuous Ward Monitoring with the GE HealthCare Portrait Mobile Monitoring Solution) pilot study compares continuous monitoring with Portrait Mobile to routine intermittent vital signs assessment only. Key findings include:

• In the Portrait Mobile group, there was an average of less than three alarms per patient per day.
• Clinicians found a majority (82%) of the Portrait Mobile alarms to be informative or useful.
• Portrait Mobile alarms informed clinical decisions, and the most common nursing intervention was theinitiation of oxygen therapy or increase in the concentration of oxygen administered to a patient. Clinicians were prompted to supplement oxygen in about 60% more patients assigned to the Portrait Mobile group compared to patients with intermittent monitoring only (49 vs. 33, respectively).
  • In the Portrait Mobile group, continuous monitoring and alerts led to clinical interventions that reduced vital sign abnormalities by approximately 25%.