Yes I saw that nursery video. I was very surprised that the nursery wasn't fully recorded 24/7. I'm in agreement about recording. There a huge indescribably horrific trial in UK charging NICU RN Letby with unspeakable torture+ murder of premies. Unfathomable. No cameras so it's all testimony. Sadly, cameras would have caught her sooner. Many of us agree that documentation is essential + are willing to have it used on ourselves. Let's hope those who will ultimately allow or deny that, which are the medical facility owners + those who stand to be scrutinized will not block this, if + when it is presented for consideration. As I said previously, as an ICU Nurse, all pts were on 24/7 video. All of us liked that bc we could see our patients when we were at the Nurses Station+ others could watch our patients too. Not one patient ever objected to it + it was unmistakeably visible + part of pt or family orientation.
This is a great idea Debbie had+ I hope it gains traction. Something good will come from it.
I'm going to mention it to WSJ Future of Health, which I attend every year. We just had one afew weeks ago but they always solicit suggestions + are strong on medical tech. And I participate in the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative. We just had a webinar on tech use for gathering of geospatial info to assisting in crisis+ disaster planning. There's a June Cambridge in-person gathering. While this subject isn't relevant for the HHI mission, many from the medical Think Tanks participate +are accessible + collaborate with numerous healthcare related entities. I going to submit this concept and see if there's interest. I'm not going to stress medical personnel failures as the reason, but rather other benefits. I believe I'll also submit the idea to big healthcare insurance companies + do a small cost-benefit analysis to show why they should support it and possibly pay for it.
Who knows. This may become a help to all of us in the not to distant future.