OneVue® is a mobile-friendly, cloud-based software platform that — with connected OneVue Sense® technology —protects invaluable assets, safeguards critical environments, and maintains reporting for compliance.
Hospitals and health systems often function on tight budgets and stretched-thin staff. Fortunately, cost-effective technology is available to improve operational efficiencies, giving valuable time back to staff.
It’s imperative that any efficiency-improving technology deliver a high return on investment, allowing you to easily draw a line from new resources to proven success. This is where the OneVue platform shines as an optimal solution. This all-in-one, cloud-based platform features capabilities for managing critical environmental monitoring, synchronized timekeeping, and visual alert communication technology across campuses small and large.
OneVue quickly pays for itself through asset protection, risk reduction, staff empowerment, and improved efficiency.
Using OneVue to Prevent Costly Asset Loss
Hospitals and health systems collect, store, and handle valuable, temperature-sensitive assets like vaccines, medications, blood, and lab samples every day. These sensitive assets have strict storage guidelines under regulatory agencies and can be ruined by any fluctuation in environmental conditions. Traditional digital data loggers leave too much room for human error, take up too much staff time, and still require manual labor.
With OneVue Sense Environmental Monitoring by Primex, storage unit temperatures and/or storage room conditions are monitored around the clock using automated sensors. These sensors record data and send measurements to the OneVue platform for instant data logging. Plus, if readings rise above or fall below your specified range, staff can receive an email, text message, or phone call alert with plenty of time to take corrective action.
This early detection prevents losses that could cost tens of thousands of dollars, as evident by the story of this Milwaukee-area pharmacy. Due to a faulty refrigerator without OneVue Sense technology, the pharmacy lost tens of thousands of dollars of insulin, vaccines, and medications. To prevent another loss like this from occurring, the pharmacy’s owner brought in OneVue Sense and has been issue-free since, with money saved from preventing losses going to more critical projects.
Utilizing OneVue to Reduce Labor Costs and Alleviate Staff Burden
In addition to saving money from avoiding asset loss, OneVue also provides value by saving staff time. Both digital data logging’s data extraction and manual temperature monitoring are time-consuming, repetitive tasks that take staff away from patient care. During busy shifts, it’s not far-fetched to think a manual temperature or environmental check could be missed, putting assets or critical areas at risk.
OneVue eliminates the need for manual checks and data extraction, freeing up staff for more patient care time and translating into labor cost savings. With increased patient care time, patient satisfaction can also improve due to temperature monitoring automation — and we all know how difficult it can be to move that patient satisfaction needle in a positive direction.
Leveraging OneVue for Easy Regulatory Compliance
Just as vital as protecting assets and staff time is protecting your facility’s accreditation status. Regulatory compliance isn’t optional, and failure to meet standards around temperature and environmental monitoring can be costly — both in terms of bottom line and public perception.
Regulating agencies, such as The Joint Commission and state health boards, all require proof of proper environmental monitoring, along with routine reporting based on reliable documentation. Instead of spending tons of time preparing for compliance checks or worrying about drop-in audits, OneVue provides peace of mind. Staff can view their stored, monitored data at any time on any device with a web browser. To further help prove compliance, OneVue also allows users to schedule customized reports and generate on-demand reports with custom parameters.
Easy-to-access data and simple reporting features help avoid costly penalties for noncompliance, such as substantial fines, accreditation loss, and insurance payment withholding. These penalties come with more severe sanctions than just upfront capital fines. Losing accreditation and being excluded from Medicare and Medicaid programs can harshly damage the ability to receive government funding to continue offering essential healthcare services — especially in rural areas and underserved communities.
The automation that OneVue delivers ensures your facility remains compliant with regulatory requirements and guidelines. This fact is no more accurate than in the case of this Midwestern U.S. hospital, which corrected its OneVue Sense utilization to keep its accreditation intact and prevent closed units, canceled procedures, and negative publicity.
How OneVue Can Help Avoid Operating Room Downtime
Given that operating rooms generate roughly 60%-70% of hospital revenue, OR downtime can be extraordinarily costly. Fortunately, OneVue Sense can help protect the OR suite by ensuring proper pre-, intra-, and postoperative temperature, humidity, and air pressurization levels. Too high or too low of conditions can delay or disrupt surgeries and create a damaging ripple effect for the rest of the day’s OR schedule. Additionally, improper conditions can lead to adverse patient outcomes, such as hospital-acquired infections, which cost U.S. hospitals between $28 billion and $45 billion annually.
OneVue technology continuously monitors these indoor environment levels and alerts staff members before issues escalate. This early warning can help limit the potential damage of a larger problem at hand, like a malfunctioning HVAC system or structural building issues.
In the End, OneVue Pays for Itself
The OneVue software platform and its monitoring technology are much more than a technology upgrade. They are a strategic, cost-saving investment for hospitals and health systems that continue to navigate modern operational challenges. When coupled with the Primex Proven Process, where our team becomes your team, choosing OneVue is essentially a no-brainer.
With OneVue, your hospital or health system can prevent asset loss, alleviate staff burden, and ensure regulatory compliance and the Medicare funding that comes with it. The automated software platform and monitoring technology will not only pay for itself, but it will also become an integral part in optimizing your staff members’ day-to-day lives.
