Effect of ANNE One-Wellue Device Array Use on Staff Bedside Vital Sign Measurement Activity: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Northwestern University
Summary
Randomized controlled trial of a time motion study of time spent obtaining and charting vital signs for inpatients, comparing use of a wireless Bluetooth vital sign array as intervention versus routine vital sign obtainment activity on a general medical floor.
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18+ years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria: * Inpatients admitted to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Feinberg Unit 16 West. Exclusion Criteria: * Primary language other than English, under isolation status, pregnant patients, prisoners, employees or students of the hospital or Northwestern University.
Interventions
- DeviceDevice Array Use
Study participants assigned to the intervention study arm will wear a wireless Bluetooth capable vital sign detection array, with one device externally worn on each of their chest, one finger, and one arm, with healthcare providers using an additional oral temperature probe.
- DeviceRoutine Vital Sign Measurement
Study participants randomized to the control arm will have their vital signs obtained by routine means, without use of the wireless vital sign device array.
Locations (2)
- Feinberg 16 West, Northwestern Memorial HospitalChicago, Illinois
- Northwestern Memorial HospitalChicago, Illinois