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by DanBC 2245 days ago
> Maybe, their nursing staff has to run from bed to bed to check patient's vital signs and device alarms.

It feels to me like the management has misunderstood the cost of the software vs not having the software. It feels like they're saying "this software is expensive, and doing nothing is free" when they should be saying "having all these healthcare professionals spending time putting on and taking off PPE the check patients is costing us this much per year".

As you probably know, an ICU will go through 30 sets of PPE per patient per day. That's a lot of time putting stuff on and taking it off.