Business View Magazine | Volume 8, Issue 10

199 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 8, ISSUE 10 its training. Everything they incorporate is state- of-the-art with a goal of helping guests and residents recover as soon as possible. “We’ve tried not to add technology just to say that we have technology,” says John McFarlane, Ignite’s Chief Clinical Officer. “We are trying to add things very carefully that we feel will help improve our residents’ and guests’ outcomes as they progress through rehab with us.” One of the Resort’s biggest pieces of advanced technology is a contactless monitor called EarlySense, which is fitted underneath the guest’s mattress. Unlike older monitors used in nursing settings, EarlySense doesn’t emit an alarm to alert staff to guest distress. Instead, EarlySense monitors vital signs with the ability to pick up the person’s pulse and respiratory rates, as well as detecting motion and alerting nurses that guests with limited mobility need to be turned. “It also works as a pager system, so there’s a IGNI TE MEDI CAL RESORTS monitor at all of our nurses’ desks and if the guest attempts to get out of bed, it will page and notify the monitor at the desk that the guest is attempting to get out of bed,” McFarlane says. “So that’s a way we can help prevent falls from occurring and ensure patient safety.” Patients are monitored with access to doctors 24-7 thanks to a partnership with Third Eye Health. Third Eye offers round the clock telehealth service via iPad. “We call them and they can lay eyes on the patient, they have access to the medical chart, as well as Point Click Care in our medical system,” Carr says. “They can change orders, they can send people out to the hospital if necessary and see patients without actually putting themselves at risk for being near them.” The telehealth service allows health providers to have face-to-face visits where they can speak to and offer education directly to the guests and their families. McFarlane acknowledges, Co-Founders, Barry Carr, Chairman (left) and Tim Fields, CEO (right)