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Senior Living’s Home for Connected Care
As the most simplified EMR connectivity solution in Senior Living, DS smart® technology allows caregivers to instantly capture, protect and connect data to EMR-connected equipment.
DS smart delivers
Helping more staff provide more efficient care for less. That’s the DS smart Solution.
40%
labor savings from faster vitals signs process completion
68 seconds
saved per resident
<5 minutes
90% of CNAs trained in 5 minutes
What can DS smart technology do for me?
Empower Nurses to Work at the Top of their License
70% of DS smart users are CNAs. DS smart technology empowers nursing staff to work at the top of their license and CNAs to gain meaningful clinical experience that drives outcomes.
Time and Labor Savings
The DS smart solution reduces time spent on vitals collection by up to 40% – hours that can be reallocated to caregiving activities!*
Ensure Clinical Data Accuracy
Say goodbye to transcription errors by eliminating manual data entry. The DS smart platform transmits residents’ vitals directly from the equipment to your EMR, ensuring records match what the clinical equipment reports.
Improved Clinical Outcomes
DS smart technology transmits vitals data with a time stamp, allowing your clinical staff and physicians to make the best decisions for resident care with the most up-to-date information.
Easy to Implement
We make every effort to ensure streamlined implementation. Training is quick, easy-to-understand, and customer service is available 24/7.
Dedicated Proactive Support
Outrageous customer service is what we are known for. With DS smart, you’ll be assigned a Customer Success Manager who will be by your side to provide ongoing support any time you need it.
Connect with Bluetooth-Enabled Equipment & EMRs
Vital Signs MonitorsGet fast, accurate readings that connect directly to the EMR with this all-in-one vital signs machine.ScalesConnect weight measurements to EMRs and boost accuracy with alerts for abnormal readings. Handheld DevicesFrom bluetooth-connected thermometers to blood pressure monitors and pulse oximeters, explore our selection of handheld devices.
See how much you can save
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How it works
This video provides step-by-step instructions to help you capture, protect and connect data on an EMR-connected vital signs monitor with the DS smart Bluetooth EMR connectivity solution. The simple-to-use interface will help you take and send readings with DS smart-enabled Bluetooth devices for a quick and simple process and none of the redundancies.
Insights & Resources
Customer Testimonials
“DS smart is a great, one-stop-shop technology to start looking at ways to have the nurse touch less things. Because we can get the data into the EMR fast, we can move onto care delivery that much quicker.”
Blake Gilman
Director of Post-Acute Services, Life Care Services
“This is really good technology that will save time and reduce errors. Our front-line staff really likes it and our doctors no longer need to chase down the most recent vitals from a list on paper as they can now see the vitals immediately in our EMR.”
Jeffrey Farber, MD
Chief Executive Officer, The New Jewish Home
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*Savings calculated based on a study in May 2018, focused on the documentation of time savings for caregivers when replacing manual entry of vital signs data with an EMR with automated documentation using the DS smart® solution with 855 residents. Vitals were taken 1.5 times per day. Case Study: “Time Savings” By Scott Boyce, MBA; Brandon Dey; and Liz Jensen, RN, MSN, RN-BC (available upon request)