Clinician is uncomfortable and frustrated by a protocol that sets a dangerously high threshold (5 seconds) for notifying a provider about cardiac pauses, forcing them to repeatedly escalate despite feeling the threshold is unsafe.

Workarounds Described

• Nurse manually calls provider every ~30 minutes to report pauses despite protocol
• Nurse uses personal judgment and escalates beyond protocol because it feels unsafe

Implied Software Gaps

• Software that automatically assesses pause severity (duration, frequency, patient context) and flags unsafe patterns for provider notification
• Mobile or dashboard tool that provides real-time pause trend analysis to guide nurse decisions without needing to repeatedly manually report

PauseGuard Alert

A clinical decision support app that integrates with hospital telemetry and EMR systems to provide risk-adaptive arrhythmia alerts. It analyzes pause duration, frequency, and patient context to recommend appropriate escalation—reducing futile calls while catching dangerous patterns earlier.

Existing Solutions Mentioned