Did you know that 700,000 — 1,000,000 patients fall while hospitalized each year? Of those patients who fall, 30 — 35% sustain a serious injury that extends their hospital stay an average of six days.

See factors that contribute to falls in elderly people; get free elderly fall prevention resources. Let’s all do more to keep our seniors safe.

Get a feel for our transformative 5-stage life cycle of the patient experience, designed to deliver optimal care and elevate patient satisfaction.

Get remote patient monitoring questions answered plus resources that help you elevate patient care and safety.

Patients we monitor often belong to high-risk populations, necessitating extensive interaction. Learn how one patient safety observer responded to a tough challenge.

Allan Aguas, VirtuALLY.io Patient Safety Observer

Tameka Mitchell, VirtuALLY.io Lead II Patient Safety Observer

Roberta Smith, VirtuALLY.io Patient Safety Observer

Krystal Slade, VirtuALLY.io Patient Safety Observer

Jennifer Larios, VirtuALLY.io Patient Safety Observer

Communication between caretakers and patients experiencing an altered mental state can be challenging. The National Institute for Aging offers suggestions. See how they played out when used by our patient safety observer.

Amy Spear, VirtuALLY.io Patient Safety Observer

Victoria Smith, VirtuALLY.io Patient Safety Observer

Marquita Haymon, VirtuALLY.io Patient Safety Observer

VirtuALLY.io VMT, Lucy Knight.

Are your nurses quitting?

Get the cost of RN turnover. Learn what evidence-based healthtech strategies lower nurse burnout and improve patient safety.

As the number of individuals seeking mental health support in the United States increases, so too does the conversation surrounding it. Thankfully, our society is gaining greater understanding that mental health is health.

We watch our children like hawks to protect them from the dangers they don’t yet understand. We hold their hands and preach “stranger danger” because we fear that when we’re not there, something terrible could happen. And while constant monitoring or “helicopter parenting” comes from a place of love, it can become an annoyance – even to the littlest of minds. 

“I’ll be right back, Victoria, I'm going to run to the cafeteria and meet my daughter for breakfast.”

“Be right back” is a scary phrase when you’re in a hospital room. It means leaving behind your loved one and the comfort of being by their side.