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Denmark: smart cameras to help nurses in a geriatrics department
Denmark: smart cameras to help nurses in a geriatrics department
(France 2)
All rooms are equipped with cameras in a Danish geriatrics department. Connected to an artificial intelligence system, they make it possible to deal with the shortage of nurses by alerting them on their mobile phones. These cameras detect the movements and positions of each patient in real time.
In one of the Danish geriatric wards, all rooms are equipped with cameras, which helps to cope with the shortage of nurses. Connected to an artificial intelligence system, they detect the movements and positions of each patient in real time. All nurses receive alerts on their cell phones, and the application warns if a caregiver has already arrived in the room. “I think it’s reassuring, because my mother is old”reassures the daughter of a patient.
A turn taken ten years ago
The hospital assures that no cuts in nursing staff are planned. According to the head of the department, the reaction time of nurses has been halved, and the number of falls has fallen by 70%, which means less spending. In Denmark, the digital shift in health was taken ten years ago, at the same time as a hospital reform to reduce expenses. All health data is digitized and shared.
