Case Study: Wellstar Health System reduces alarm fatigue and improves patient safety with CalmWave

WellStar Health System cuts bedside monitor alarms by 47% with CalmWave

WellStar Health System, one of the Southeast's largest health systems, faced a critical patient safety risk and a leading cause of nurse burnout: alarm fatigue. Their clinicians were overwhelmed by a constant flood of non-actionable monitor alarms that obscured true emergencies. To tackle this challenge at its core, WellStar partnered with vendor CalmWave to implement its platform.

CalmWave implemented its transparent AI platform, which unified live data from Philips IntelliBridge and Epic to streamline fragmented alarm noise. The solution delivered customized, patient-specific alarm recommendations and provided system-wide visibility. The results were transformative, including a 47% reduction in bedside monitor alarms, up to 10 fewer hours of alarm exposure per patient, and patient deterioration alerts being delivered 15 minutes earlier. CalmWave successfully restored nursing focus and created a safer, calmer clinical environment.

WellStar Health System