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Our new MedEd podcast series provides brief discussions with clinical experts. Our podcast series on acute care and wearable technology includes insights from Dr. Ashish Khanna MD, Director of the Perioperative Outcomes and Informatics Collaborative at Wake Forest University School of Medicine. This series discusses topics related to the integration of wearable monitoring into clinical practice.

The goal of this program is to get closer to the patient and delve into the challenges and impact of each technology in practice. 

Part 1: The burden of under-monitoring on the floor

Dr. Ashish Khanna MD reviews how postoperative patients on the floor may be at risk of adverse events due to under monitoring.1–3

08:54

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Part 2:  Why implement continuous monitoring on the ward?

Dr. Ashish Khanna MD discusses how current floor monitoring practices may miss early signs of patient deterioration, leading to delayed or missed treatment.2,4

16:26

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Part 3: Technological requirements for wearable monitoring on the floor

Dr. Ashish Khanna MD presents the evidentiary and technological requirements wearable monitors should meet prior to clinical implementation.

10:19

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Part 4: What’s the evidence supporting wearable monitoring?

Dr. Ashish Khanna MD reviews the current body of evidence supporting continuous wearable monitoring on the floor.

06:01

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Part 5: Integration into clinical practice

Dr. Ashish Khanna MD provides examples of how to integrate wearable monitoring into clinical practice.

08:22

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