Case Study: Washington Health System achieves streamlined, paperless vital-sign documentation and faster bedside care with Qualcomm Life, Inc.'s Capsule MDIS™

Expanding Successful Medical Device Integration with Capsule MDIS™

Washington Health System, a regional health system with more than 2,300 staff, a 260‑bed hospital and 39+ off‑site locations, needed to eliminate the time-consuming manual capture and documentation of vital signs in its Allscripts Sunrise EHR to streamline workflows and increase bedside care. After evaluation, Washington Health System selected Qualcomm Life, Inc., deploying Capsule MDIS™ solutions — notably the Capsule Neuron bedside clinical computer and Capsule Chart Xpress application — to pilot device integration and improve vital‑sign documentation.

Qualcomm Life, Inc. implemented Neuron and Chart Xpress to acquire device data and post it directly into Allscripts, rolling periodic vital‑sign monitoring out across six nursing units within a week and then expanding enterprise‑wide. The deployment delivered measurable benefits: end‑user satisfaction of 4.06/5, significantly faster time from acquisition to posting in Allscripts, reduced paper, improved charting accuracy and speed, and support for meaningful‑use and CPOE initiatives — leading to happier nurses and physicians and more efficient bedside care.

Washington Health System

Lynn Bular

Manager of Hospital Systems