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SafeMedic: Nurse Safety Companion

5 reports

New nurses face high risks of medication errors and needlestick injuries with inadequate support. An app providing real-time medication verification, incident reporting, and post-injury guidance can reduce harm and ensure safety compliance.

Nurses need a reliable way to ensure the medication amount removed from the dispensing system matches the administered dose to avoid discrepancies.

New grad nurse accidentally sticks herself with a needle used on a patient and struggles with the lack of immediate guidance and a streamlined reporting and testing process.

44high
Health, Wellness, and BeautyPatient Safety Management
5CriticalStable
53

RehabGuard

12 reports

Empower physical therapists to ensure patients follow post-operative protocols safely at home, reducing complications like scar tissue and re-injury. Purpose-built for patient safety management in health, wellness, and beauty.

Insurance denied coverage for a physical therapy patient after only 6 visits, despite the patient still being unable to climb stairs safely, requiring time-consuming peer-to-peer appeals.

Patients post-knee surgery are terrified of movement and fail to follow prescribed rehab protocols due to pain and lack of guidance.

44medium
Health, Wellness, and BeautyPatient Safety Management
4HighStable
50

DenialDeflect for Therapy

3 reports

An AI-powered app that predicts insurance denial risks for therapy visits and automates appeals with tailored medical justification, reducing denials and saving clinicians hours of paperwork.

Insurance company denied coverage for a patient's 7th therapy visit despite ongoing functional limitation (cannot climb stairs), and the appeals process is complex and often overturned decisions are re-issued.

Insurance denies medically necessary visits and equipment for pediatric patients, forcing clinicians to waste time on appeals and settle for inadequate care.

33medium
Health, Wellness, and BeautyPatient Safety Management
4HighStable
47

Patient Safety Radar

15 reports

An app that helps nurses synthesize patient data and prioritize care in real-time to prevent missed deterioration. It addresses gaps in EHR systems by providing actionable insights rather than just documentation.

Emergency department nurses need a reliable method to contact family for unconscious patients who have no emergency contact listed in their chart.

Experienced ER nurse struggles to advocate for patient safety against hospital hierarchy and younger clinicians, fearing backlash or contract cancellation when challenging poor practices.

44medium
Health, Wellness, and BeautyPatient Safety Management
4HighStable
40

TubeGuard Reposition

4 reports

Nurses lack a safe, evidence-based way to manage feeding tubes and pumps when repositioning patients in bed. Current protocols are unproven and create confusion, risking tube dislodgement or pump interference.

Healthcare workers at a facility are confused about a policy change that stopped requiring pausing feeding pumps when repositioning patients in bed, as it contradicts prior training.

Pausing a feeding pump for a few seconds while repositioning a patient is a pointless ritual that does not meaningfully prevent aspiration, yet is mandated by protocol.

32low
Health, Wellness, and BeautyPatient Safety Management
3MediumStable

Individual Problems

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SafeNail Audit

Customers cannot verify the cleanliness and safety of nail salon tools and practices before or during their appointment, leading to risk of serious infections from unsanitary conditions.

Health, Wellness, and BeautyPatient Safety ManagementCustomer4High$ implied
0
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LiftAssist Pro

Mobile patient lifting is extremely physically demanding and risky without the right equipment in place.

Health, Wellness, and BeautyPatient Safety ManagementOwner4High$ implied
0
52

CareSure Compliance

Hospital nursing staff neglect basic hygiene care for nonverbal adults with intellectual disabilities, leading to pressure ulcers, uncleanliness, and unkempt appearance upon discharge.

Health, Wellness, and BeautyPatient Safety ManagementCaregiver / Support Staff4High$ implied
0
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DoseMatch Assurance

Nurses need a reliable way to ensure the medication amount removed from the dispensing system matches the administered dose to avoid discrepancies.

Health, Wellness, and BeautyPatient Safety ManagementNurse4High$ explicit
0
57

SafeCARE De-escalation

Healthcare workers lack practical, evidence-based de-escalation tools to prevent assault, as administration only offers generic advice to 'use your words' without effective training.

Health, Wellness, and BeautyPatient Safety ManagementNurse/Healthcare Worker5Critical$ implied
0
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CareAlert Beacon

Assisted living staff are forced to use their personal phones for the facility's call bell system, causing privacy invasion and stress.

Health, Wellness, and BeautyPatient Safety ManagementCaregiver4High$ implied
0
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SafeLift Guardian

Healthcare staff lack a safe, standardized method for moving heavy bariatric patients and lack confidence to speak up against resistant senior nurses during unsafe patient handling incidents.

Health, Wellness, and BeautyPatient Safety ManagementTechnician (Patient Care Tech / Nursing Assistant)4High$ implied
0
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SmartFall AI

Nurses question whether AI or remote sitters are more effective than traditional bed alarms in preventing patient falls.

Health, Wellness, and BeautyPatient Safety ManagementNurse3Medium
0
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InfestAlert

Nursing home staff face an unaddressed bedbug infestation despite repeated reports to management and state regulators.

Health, Wellness, and BeautyPatient Safety ManagementStaff (Nursing Home Worker)5Critical$ explicit
0
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VesselID Coach

A healthcare worker needs a reliable, systematic method to differentiate veins from arteries under ultrasound during peripheral vascular cannulation.

Health, Wellness, and BeautyPatient Safety ManagementClinician (e.g., nurse, paramedic, phlebotomist)3Medium$ implied
0
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AlarmDistinct Pro

Hospital changed bath room alarms to sound nearly identical to rapid response alarms, causing false alerts and staff distress.

Health, Wellness, and BeautyPatient Safety ManagementNurse3Medium
0
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SafeChart Dyslexia Assist

New grad nurse with dyslexia worries that number switching, spelling difficulties, and reliance on verbal orders in the ER will lead to charting errors and patient safety risks.

Health, Wellness, and BeautyPatient Safety ManagementNew Grad Nurse4High$ implied
0
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NeoO2 Guide

NICU nurses are unclear about whether oxygen from the wall is 100% FiO2 and whether transitioning chronic lung patients from high-flow nasal cannula to low-flow off the wall is appropriate.

Health, Wellness, and BeautyPatient Safety ManagementNICU Nurse3Medium$ implied
0
47

LineGuard IV

Nurses lack a safe, efficient method to reuse IV secondary lines between incompatible medications without risking contamination.

Health, Wellness, and BeautyPatient Safety ManagementNurse4High$ implied
0
49

IV LineSafe Flush

Nurses need a reliable way to prevent medication incompatibility when using the same IV line for multiple drugs, but current practice of discarding dedicated secondary tubing is wasteful and costly.

Health, Wellness, and BeautyPatient Safety ManagementNurse4High$ implied
0
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CliniHear Pro

A nursing student with hearing aids fears that her hearing loss will cause errors in clinicals and wonders if she can succeed in the profession.

Health, Wellness, and BeautyPatient Safety ManagementNursing Student4High$ implied
0
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CleanEntry Pro

Healthcare workers lack a simple, consistent entry routine to prevent germ contamination after shifts.

Health, Wellness, and BeautyPatient Safety ManagementHealthcare Worker2Mild$ implied
0
59

SafeWard Pro

Psychiatric hospital staff face severe safety risks due to absence of security personnel, understaffing, and administrative negligence in managing violent patient incidents.

Health, Wellness, and BeautyPatient Safety ManagementPsychiatric Technician5Critical$ explicit
0
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SitterDoc Pro

Psychiatry worker lacks staff to provide 1:1 patient monitoring and needs documentation of patient status despite no dedicated sitter.

Health, Wellness, and BeautyPatient Safety ManagementClinician4High$ implied
0
47

TransferGuide Pro

A COTA needs clear, evidence-based guidance on how to train a patient with a right above-knee amputation to safely transfer from wheelchair to toilet, including hand placement and technique.

Health, Wellness, and BeautyPatient Safety ManagementTherapist (COTA)3Medium$ implied

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