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A time management tool for hardworking nurses NurseMind
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Market 3.2 million nurses ask: –How much time do I have? –What must I do next? –Have I forgotten anything? …dozens of times on every shift. Nursing surveys reveal: –Mental burden –Compromised safety, quality –A real problem!
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What’s Hard About Nursing? Remembering everything –Several patients, varying acuity, lots of details Knowing what to do next –Prioritizing in your head in a hurry Many tasks are time-sensitive –E.g. must give meds within a narrow time window Frequent interruptions –Stressful, error-prone Huge implications –Outcomes, safety, on-the-job stress Example: bed sores* –Remember to turn the patient every two hours
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Automate the Paper “Brain” NurseMind is a cognitive tool –Does the remembering, reduces stress –Replaces paper “brain”
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Shift-at-a-Glance The heart of the app How much time do I have? What must I do next? Have I forgotten anything? Times at bottom: Elapsed + remaining = 8.5 hrs = 1 shift If time remaining < time needed, background turns red.
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What We Do That’s Special A smart to-do list With timing info –Deadlines for tasks –Durations (enable prediction, planning) Unique graphical user interface –Shift-at-a-Glance Build the to-do list with minimal effort Share the data –Social networking –New info for mgmt, research
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Reduced stress staff nurses Improved safety patients Less overtime hospital bottom line Bottlenecks anticipated charge nurses New data managers, researchers The NurseMind Value Proposition value 5 value 1 value 2 value 3 value 4
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Technology SmartPhone 1 app Data storage on server and cached Works with and without wifi/3G Quick and fun –Graphical/touch-driven user interface 1.Whip it out of pocket 2.A few taps and a glance Proprietary –Intellectual property
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If it’s slower than paper, forget it! No nurse will use it. NurseMind is better than paper: –Well-tuned GUI At a glance: what is due, overdue, soon due, ok to take a break? Menus: common/recent choices at the top User actions: a tap or two –NurseMind reminds; paper does not Can alarm or vibrate Forget nothing (safety) Efficiencies, e.g. trips to fetch supplies Automatic timestamps A new way to organize nursing work: –Paper brain: units of data are facts about the patient. –NurseMind: units of data are tasks -- Action-oriented. Better Than Paper?
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Data and Security No protected health info (PHI 1 ) collected –No HIPAA concerns A task list for each type of nursing unit –Med-surg, rehab, maternity, periop, ortho, SNF, … Aggregated shift summaries –Analysis of nursing work content
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Revenue Model Unit price: free Who buys it: –Tier 1: nurses Buy through the iTunes store and in-app payment –Tier 2: hospitals Packages include app licenses, backend software, support, training Database runs on our servers or their own The real cashflow is from subscriptions –$3.99/mo, $39.99/yr, $79.99 lifetime subscription (crowdsourcing)
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Checklists in Medicine Precedent: aviation* In health care, Gawande is the man Funded, we can appeal to him
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Product Demo (features to observe in a demo) Shift-at-a-glance Task list by deadline Data model Note-taking –Vital signs
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Task List Sort by deadline –Or by patient –Or by room Add tasks on the fly
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Data Model Shift definition –Generic task list for each type of nursing unit E.g. med-surg, rehab, OR, SNF –Users customize for their hospital Interventions/conditions –Additional nursing care for a patient –E.g. diabetes, allergies, risk for pressure ulcers, risk for falls, droplet precautions, wound care, Foley catheter, central IV line, NPO, 1 many more –Hospital-specific “protocols 2
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Note-Taking Problem-oriented information as needed Vital signs (a “notepad on steroids”) Pain Assessment Scale
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Our Vision Our solution –Task tracking –Time management –Modern tools for nurses –Improved clinical decision-making hence outcomes Changing nursing! Thanks for listening The old way –Nurses aren’t taught time management –Their only tool: “brains” –Stress, omissions, safety!
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Contact Dan Keller, Founder/CEO dan@nursemind.com (415) 861-4500
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