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Simplify Medical, Inc.

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To forget is human. Reminder aid is divine.

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Imagine intro meeting with 5 people in a quiet

conference room.

… struggling to recall their names, titles, and company after an hour?

Thankfully, you have their business cards.

To forget is human. But it kills.

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Imagine nurse handing off 5 patients during shift

change, on a noisy floor.

… struggling to recall names, Dx, Rx, etc, amidst

pagers & interruptions.

Alas, she only has Post-It notes.

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Shift/Ward Change$22B/Year of

wasteful spending.Nev

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Discharge$15B/year of

wasteful spending.30-d

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Shift/Ward ChangeED wait>4 Hrs.

Patients in hallway.Patie

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A checklist can save lives & over $37B/year

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A stage-4 EMR hospital decided to implementchecklist.

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Can EMR vendor help?

Is this what you expected from Stage-4 EMR hospital?

Hospital rolled out EMR vendor’s handoff tool,

mandating it’s use.

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Adjusting glasses?

?

How did nurses respond?

Within a year, nurses abandoned it.

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Would you risk similar failure in improving handoff at your hospital?

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CMS does not pay for Never Events.

Starting 2012, reimbursement penalty

for high readmission rate.

Starting 2012, penalty for low patient satisfaction

score.

Simplify Solution: Smart checklist for handoff.

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Data IntegrationEMR

Outgoing Nurse

Patient/Caregiver

Incoming Nurse

Data Prioritization

Remote FamilyParticipation

SmartQ TM

Prevents never events.Data prioritization

Prevents never events & shortens waiting.

Family involvementReduces 30-day

re-hospitalization.

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Unit Transfer Report: Rule based, patient specific checklist

Prioritized data. Populated from EMR.

Patient specific, rule based activities & SmartQTM.

Patient specific, rule based recommendation.