Proactive Care: The Clinical Necessity
Traditional perfusion injury protocols depend on visual identification of skin redness—a stage where deep tissue damage is often already advanced. CareCue shifts the clinical focus from reaction to early thermal prevention.
SYSTEM: LEGACY_REACTIVE
Reactive Monitoring
Case Study: Pressure injuries currently affect over 2.5 million patients annually in the U.S. alone. Visual protocols only detect 'Stage 1' injuries once surface redness appears, at which point internal tissue ischemia is often severe, leading to lengthy recoveries and significant CMS reimbursement penalties.
2.5M+
Patients impacted annually in the U.S.
STATUS: PROACTIVE_THERMAL
CareCue Platform
By utilizing advanced thermal imaging sensors, clinical teams can identify subtle temperature changes that precede visual skin breakdown. This objective physiological data allows nurses to intervene 6 to 18 hours before a pressure injury becomes permanent, transforming the standard of care from detection to prevention.
6–18h
Prevention lead time vs. visual detection
Standard: Future_THERMAL
Expansion
The same thermal differential mechanism that detects pressure injuries applies to a broader set of high-cost conditions: Burns cellulitis. Each represents an incremental SaaS module on the same hardware, extending hospital ROI without additional capital deployment.
3+ indications
Cross-over use cases on installed hardware
RECOVERY_PROTOCOL_
Economic Evidence
The Financial Case for Proactive Prevention
Eliminate CMS Reimbursement Risks
Hospital-acquired tissue injuries result in over ~18B in annual costs. With CMS no longer reimbursing for Stage 3 and 4 injuries, proactively identifying thermal changes can save an average hospital system millions in non-reimbursed clinical care and liability.
Quantifiable Strategic Value
Deployment of CareCue sensors ensures visibility into patient tissue health
Optimizing the Nursing Workflow
CareCue integrates seamlessly into clinical operations, removing the burden of manual monitoring while ensuring 100% documentation compliance.
01 / MONITORING
Passive Detection
Continuous thermal sensors track tissue health every second, removing the need for intrusive manual skin assessments.
02 / INTELLIGENCE
Clinician Alerts
Dynamic alerts notify nursing staff when early tissue temperature shifts are detected, long before visual cues appear.
03 / INTERVENTION
Targeted Caring
Nurses prioritize interventions for high-risk patients, focusing clinical resources exactly where and when they are needed.
04 / REPORTING
EMR Integration
Automated turn logging and tissue health metrics flow directly to the EHR, ensuring full documentation compliance.