Michael Barbella, Managing Editor09.21.23
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued Vitalchat a new patent for its patient monitoring system within the AI-Enabled E-Sitter software, involving a server, user device, and in-room monitoring device that picks up on movement and voice cues.
“A patent gives added credibility to our AI-driven technologies already defining the hospital room of the future,” said Ghafran Abbas, co-founder, chief technology officer, and patent inventor who has spent decades successfully bringing responsive healthcare technologies to market. “As TV kits replace nursing carts and telehealth becomes the standard in inpatient care, these features will help caregivers oversee vastly more patients in less time while offering a reliable alternative to overstretched networks that are reliant on video.”
Vitalchat's video analytics and roll-over bandwidth features, specifically, allow hospitals to significantly reduce network requirements while enabling nurses and providers to monitor up to 100 rooms at once. Competitive virtual sitter solutions only allow hospitals to monitor about a dozen rooms at once and can strain facility-wide networks. The newly patented features include:
Hospitals and clinics nationwide leverage Vitalchat's virtual sitter and virtual visit technologies to close care gaps, improve efficiencies and enhance human interactions. Delivering a near-immediate ROI, these solutions are designed to scale affordably and effectively across an entire hospital or system.
Vitalchat combats labor shortages and burnout while improving patient satisfaction with proprietary, hands-free telemedicine solutions that enable providers to monitor and treat up to 100 patients from a single workstation. Leveraging video AI and seamless integration with other technology partners, Vitalchat is defining the hospital room of the future—cost effectively and at scale—while enhancing the human experience.
“A patent gives added credibility to our AI-driven technologies already defining the hospital room of the future,” said Ghafran Abbas, co-founder, chief technology officer, and patent inventor who has spent decades successfully bringing responsive healthcare technologies to market. “As TV kits replace nursing carts and telehealth becomes the standard in inpatient care, these features will help caregivers oversee vastly more patients in less time while offering a reliable alternative to overstretched networks that are reliant on video.”
Vitalchat's video analytics and roll-over bandwidth features, specifically, allow hospitals to significantly reduce network requirements while enabling nurses and providers to monitor up to 100 rooms at once. Competitive virtual sitter solutions only allow hospitals to monitor about a dozen rooms at once and can strain facility-wide networks. The newly patented features include:
- Video Analytics: This feature uses edge computing to monitor patients and hospital spaces for movement and voice cues, transferring metadata 24/7. However, video is only used when required for visits or alerts, reducing bandwidth for most hospitals by up to 20-fold.
- Bandwidth Preservation: Roll-over bandwidth technology guarantees Vitalchat devices stay up and running. Hardware endpoints search for the best-available Wi-Fi and seamlessly switch among the standard enterprise Wi-Fi, guest Wi-Fi and LTE to ensure every device stays online.
Hospitals and clinics nationwide leverage Vitalchat's virtual sitter and virtual visit technologies to close care gaps, improve efficiencies and enhance human interactions. Delivering a near-immediate ROI, these solutions are designed to scale affordably and effectively across an entire hospital or system.
Vitalchat combats labor shortages and burnout while improving patient satisfaction with proprietary, hands-free telemedicine solutions that enable providers to monitor and treat up to 100 patients from a single workstation. Leveraging video AI and seamless integration with other technology partners, Vitalchat is defining the hospital room of the future—cost effectively and at scale—while enhancing the human experience.
