Here are five points:
1. Extension Healthcare was awarded for Extension Engage, an alarm safety and event response software platform.
2. More than 200 hospitals use Extension Engage to curb alarm and nursing interruption fatigue.
3. Extension Engage connects multiple clinical systems, medical devices and mobile phones on a single platform.
4. Using the platform, alarms, alerts and text messages are prioritized and delivered to phones. Unnecessary distractions are filtered out of the immediate delivery.
5. Engage Mobile is the patient-centric texting part of the platform.
“Extension Engage stood out to us because the alarm safety and event response software platform connected a valuable solution to a real need that was previously under-addressed,” said Doug McColgin, Centric member.
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