Welch Allyn Connex® Electronic Vitals Documentation (EVD) System

The Problem with Traditional Vitals Documentation

We've changed the way vitals are documented to give your staff access to accurate patient data anytime, anywhere.

Vitals documentation today is prone to errors and missing information. Relying on manual transcription of vital signs into the EMR can lead to incorrect data entry, wrong patient records, or data never being entered at all. Even when entered correctly, there's a delay between capture and posting, making staff less efficient and potentially delaying critical clinical decisions.

The Welch Allyn Connex Electronic Vitals Documentation System

Automates the vitals documentation process to enhance clinical decision making, minimize risk, and, ultimately, improve patient safety.

The Connex Electronic Vitals Documentation System provides wireless transmission of patient vitals data from the point of care into the patient chart in your EMR. This dramatically reduces the time and labor required to document data and virtually eliminates errors.

Key Benefits:

• Provides clinicians with faster updates of changes in a patient's vital signs.
• Intuitive and easy-to-use design that integrates into existing workflows.
• Eliminates the need to type vitals data into your EMR.
• Makes complete, accurate information available when it's needed, improving efficiency and patient outcomes.

Quick and easy: Automating vitals documentation allows clinicians to identify themselves and the patient, then capture and wirelessly transmit the readings to the EMR—eliminating extra steps and ensuring that vital signs are accurately documented.

Designed for medical/surgical and noncritical care floors: Welch Allyn understands frontline care and has created a system specifically for these settings, recognizing different workflows and the need for efficiency without duplicate data confirmation.

Connex Vital Signs Monitor (VSM)

This easy-to-use wireless device provides complete documentation at the point of care and offers multiple devices in one.

• Advanced user interface with vivid, full-color, touchscreen operation.
• Complete documentation enables users to enter modifiers such as oxygen levels, body position at NIBP acquisition, and more from the bedside without using a computer or terminal.
• Bar code query provides positive patient identification; also supports multiple forms of patient identification.
• Optimized monitoring profiles allow users to quickly adapt the device to patient-specific monitoring needs; custom profiles let users quickly switch from spot-check configuration to full monitoring mode.
• Allows users to efficiently manage alarms and patient data as needed.

Point of Care Identification: A simple scan of the patient's bar-coded wristband displays their name, providing accurate identification at the point of care.

Accessory Cable Management Stand

This unique mobile stand is ergonomically designed for efficiency and ease of use. System components have specific compartments to ensure quick identification and access. Natural draping keeps everything neat and organized to help make users more efficient.

• Unique cable routing features eliminate tangling and may improve equipment life.
• On-board components enable users to quickly determine if the stand is properly stocked, minimizing workflow disruption.
• On-board disinfection wipes, rounded corners, slotted bin openings, and a modular design facilitate cleaning and help minimize the risk of cross-contamination.
• The cable-management tray protects the monitor and bins, which are within the footprint of the base.
• On-board lighting aids vision in dark rooms without disturbing the patient.

Connex Vitals Management Software

The backbone of the Connex EVD System, this software works behind the scenes to seamlessly integrate and manage data from discrete data sources and repositories (EMR, ADT, and devices).

• Communicates directly with the Connex VSM via your wired or wireless network.
• Two-way communication capability allows users to transmit vitals data, manual parameters, and modifiers directly into your EMR, and patient demographic data from your ADT system back to the monitor for positive patient identification.

When Connex VM Software is integrated with your EMR, clinicians can access vitals information anytime, even remotely, enabling informed decisions before a minor issue becomes a major problem.

Partners in Care Services™

Education, support, and complete installation and integration.

Our Partners in Care Services offer a broad range of support, acting as an extension of your staff to minimize the resources you need to install, integrate, and maintain the Connex EVD System.

Welch Allyn provides standard installation processes that include determining your ideal clinical workflow and training your staff. On-site or online Partners in Care training gets staff up to speed quickly at both the biomed and clinical levels. Welch Allyn can certify your biomedical technicians to perform system repairs and maintain equipment under warranty.

With a focus on frontline care, Welch Allyn ensures smooth and seamless integration. The Welch Allyn Service Tool supports remote diagnostics and troubleshooting for all devices.

Welch Allyn Connex EVD System: Open Architecture to Protect Your Investment

Through thoughtful design of the core components, Welch Allyn assures that your investment is protected. The Connex Vital Signs Monitor's modular physical design, USB-based architecture, and upgradeable firmware are constructed for simple replacement/repair of existing sensor modules and seamless future parameter/sensor upgrades.

With our open software architecture, Welch Allyn will offer clinical applications that can run on the monitor and a remote server. For example, Welch Allyn has partnered with Masimo® to incorporate Rainbow® SET technology, providing SpO2 and designed to be capable of upgrading to include future parameters like respiration (RRa) and hemoglobin (SpHb).

Upgrades or updates can be downloaded or activated via your PartnerConnect™ portal. This eliminates the need to send in devices for enhanced sensors or new parameter capabilities, protecting your investment and ensuring adaptability as your facility evolves.

The Connex EVD System: The Right Solution at the Right Time

Today, one-fifth of all medical errors are due to the lack of immediate access to patient information. The Connex EVD System was designed specifically to give your staff immediate access to accurate patient vitals data anywhere, anytime.

Key Benefits:

• Helps improve patient safety: Two-way bar code query delivers patient-specific demographic information.
• Reduces errors and risks: Automates the process to eliminate manual transcription errors.
• Increases staff satisfaction and retention: Streamlines workflow so nurses can spend more time with patients; intuitive, touchscreen user interface makes the Connex VSM easy to use.
• Maximizes EMR investment: Ensures that accurate vital signs data is accessible to staff; adapts to existing workflow to improve EMR adoption.

With the Connex EVD System, Welch Allyn has advanced frontline care. Again.