Versus initially established the viability of real-time locating in the healthcare market via its integration with nurse call systems to automate nurse registry and call cancellation to improve efficiency while enhancing patient care. Versus integrates with virtually all nurse call manufacturers to provide automatic call cancellation to their nurse call systems.

Benefits of VIS Nurse Call Integration:

• Detects presence of staff in patient rooms
• Integrates to virtually all major nurse call systems to automate relay/light events
• Reduces manual entry/action (7% efficiency gain)
• “Registers” caregiver in treatment area
• Cancels pending patient calls
• VIS™ badge programmed for caregiver level (RN, LPN)
• Badge button can be programmed as desired (typically for “Assistance” call)
• Accurate time stamp of: Who, When, What Room, With Whom and How Long?

In nurse call applications, Versus tags are worn by caregivers and each tag can be programmed to a certain care level (e.g., RN, LPN, etc.). When the nurse enters a patient’s room, the correct call light (blue=RN, red=LPN) turns on and upon exit turns the light off.

VIS also keeps a log of all interactions between patients and staff members as well as passing that information on to our nurse call partners. As a result, department managers can accurately measure time spent with patients, identify potential bottlenecks, and assess how efficiently patients flow through the department. In addition, if a patient complains that no one checked on him, even though he pressed the nurse call button, you have the information available to counter or validate such claims.

Put simply, VISion automatically gathers the kind of comprehensive data people would be hard-pressed to keep track of manually. But more importantly, it does so with very little human-to-computer interaction. In the end, caregivers receive the information they need, but they don’t have to interrupt care for annoying data entry.