Virtual Safety Monitoring goes beyond virtual sitting. Elnera observers watch over up to 16 patients at once, step in the moment risk appears, and bring the bedside team in when hands on care is needed.
The Challenge
Every shift brings patients who need constant eyes on them. Covering each one with an in person sitter pulls aides and nurses away from other patients and drives premium labor costs. Safety needs also reach past falls, from patients who try to leave the unit to patients who pull at lines and tubes.
How It Works
A trained Elnera observer monitors each assigned patient through in room cameras throughout their coverage.
The observer speaks directly to the patient through two way audio, redirecting unsafe movement and calming agitation as it begins.
When a patient needs hands on support, the observer alerts the bedside team right away through the communication tools your unit already uses.
Every observation period, intervention, and escalation is recorded, giving nursing leaders a complete safety record for each patient.
The Program
Virtual Safety Monitoring covers the full range of safety needs your nursing leaders identify.
The Era Index measures sitter utilization, safety events among monitored patients, escalation response, and labor cost change side by side.
Outcomes Focus:
How Elnera Works
Assess
We evaluate your environment, workflows, staffing challenges, and operational goals.
Design
We develop a virtual care strategy aligned with your clinical, financial, and operational priorities.
Implement
We support deployment, adoption, workflow integration, and change management.
Scale
We help expand successful programs across additional units, service lines, or facilities.
Sustain
We help optimize performance and ensure long-term success through continuous improvement.
FAQ
Virtual sitting usually refers to observation for fall prevention. Virtual Safety Monitoring includes fall prevention and extends to elopement, line protection, behavioral health observation, and other safety needs your team identifies.
One Elnera observer monitors up to 16 patients at once, with assignments set by patient acuity and your unit's safety protocols.
Elnera works with the technology your facility already has and integrates what is needed. Our technology partners support new installations when a unit needs them.
Every program is designed around the facility. Starting units and rollout are set with your team based on your sitter use, staffing, and goals, then scaled through Elnera's Assess, Design, Implement, Scale, and Sustain model.
Share where your sitter costs and safety events sit today, and our team will map a program around your environment.
Schedule a consultation with our team to start the conversation.
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