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.

Workarounds Described

• Tech took a photo of her handwritten notes to document incident
• Staff relied on an asterisk to add a verified name later on paper report
• Nurse did not assist with cleaning total patient, leaving techs to do it alone

Implied Software Gaps

• Mobile app that auto-generates incident reports from photos and notes
• Anonymous staff safety escalation tool that alerts management without identifying reporter
• Real-time patient handling risk assessment integrated with lift equipment database

SafeLift Guardian

SafeLift Guardian is a mobile app that guides healthcare workers through safe patient handling assessments, provides step-by-step lifting protocols for bariatric patients, and offers an anonymous 'red flag' escalation to supervisors when staff feel unsafe due to patient size or nurse resistance. It also logs near-misses with photo evidence for later incident reports.

Existing Solutions Mentioned