Masimo and Appalachian Regional Healthcare System announced that Watauga Medical Center in Boone is the first hospital in North Carolina to install Masimo Patient SafetyNet, a remote monitoring and clinician notification system, and Radius-7, a patient-worn monitor that is designed to allow for patient mobility along with continuous monitoring. Continuous patient surveillance with Patient SafetyNet has been shown to reduce the need for rescue events and intensive care unit transfers in hospitals and, as a result, can reduce costs related to these events. When changes occur in the measured values, which may indicate deterioration in the patient's condition, in addition to bedside alerts, the alert also shows in the Telemetry room and nurse's stations.

This allows the telemetry technician to contact the unit where the alarm is happening immediately. Masimo Patient SafetyNet works in conjunction with Masimo beside monitors and the Radius-7 wearable monitor to provide wireless, continuous and non-invasive monitoring of oxygenation, pulse rate and respiration, among other parameters.