New PetPace feature delivers up-to-date vital signs from multiple pets wearing the smart collar on a single screen—enabling more efficient clinical inpatient monitoring in veterinary settings.
Burlington, MA (PRWEB) April 27, 2016
PetPace, the maker of a smart pet collar that enables near real-time remote monitoring and analysis of pet vital signs and activity, announced in April 2016 a new multi-patient display feature for professional users. This enhancement brings current physiological data from several inpatient animals together on a single, easy-to-configure screen, helping clinical teams monitor more efficiently and respond faster when a patient’s condition changes.
Centralized monitoring is standard practice in human hospitals but has been uncommon in veterinary medicine, where patient information is often recorded on the cage door or buried in individual medical charts. PetPace has been advancing veterinary inpatient monitoring through its smart collar, which continuously and remotely collects temperature, pulse, respiration, activity, and heart rate variability (HRV). The newly introduced central display builds on that foundation by presenting multiple patients’ vital signs concurrently, giving clinical teams a consolidated view of the ward’s status at a glance.
Available now to PetPace Professional account holders, the multi-patient mode supports simultaneous monitoring of up to six patients. Caregivers can customize both the timeframe and the specific parameters shown—choosing to focus on temperature, pulse, respiration, activity levels, and HRV as needed for each case. The data feed updates automatically every two minutes, keeping the display nearly current and allowing staff to detect trends and acute changes quickly. The feature is already in use in veterinary hospitals across the US, Canada, and the UK, where clinics place the monitoring screen in central locations—often the treatment area—so that alerts and abnormal readings are visible and audible to the whole care team.
“Multi-patient, multi-parameter display with customizable alerts make inpatient monitoring much more efficient,” noted Dr. Asaf Dagan, DVM, Diplomate ABVP (Canine and Feline practice), and PetPace’s Chief Veterinarian. “PetPace provides continuous patient data with full visibility to all staff members for faster reaction times and improved patient care,” he concluded.
ICU staff and ward nurses benefit when vital sign trends are collected and displayed centrally. Continuous monitoring of temperature, pulse, respiration, activity and HRV helps caregivers identify subtle deterioration earlier than intermittent spot checks typically would. Heart rate variability, for example, is an indicator of autonomic nervous system balance and can provide additional context to heart rate and breathing patterns; when combined with trends in temperature and activity, it contributes to a more complete clinical picture without adding extra handling stress to the patient.
Dr. Teresa Lightfoot, DABVP and Director of Science at BluePearl Veterinary Partners, which deployed the new feature, commented on its practical value: “This is awesome! It’s just what the ICU nurses were requesting – a display comparable to those in human ICU’s and other wards, that allows viewing of multiple patient vitals on a single screen.” In practice, that means teams can prioritize care more effectively, monitor post-operative patients with greater confidence, and reduce the time needed to spot emergent issues.
Beyond the ICU, the centralized display supports a variety of inpatient workflows: from monitoring post-operative recovery and critical care patients to tracking animals with chronic conditions that require close observation. The ability to tailor visible parameters and timeframe makes the system adaptable to different clinical areas and patient populations—whether a clinic needs a high-level overview of the treatment area or a focused view of a small set of higher-risk patients.
PetPace’s multi-patient feature is part of the company’s ongoing effort to bring scalable, data-driven solutions into veterinary practice. By combining a wearable smart collar that collects continuous physiological data with an intuitive central display, the system aims to reduce information gaps, streamline staff communication, and improve patient outcomes through faster detection and response. The functionality is included in the PetPace Professional service and is designed to integrate into existing clinical workflows with minimal disruption.
Clinics using the PetPace system report that consolidated, near real-time monitoring helps teams maintain situational awareness across multiple patients without increasing handling or stress. As veterinary hospitals continue to adopt technologies that parallel human medicine, features like the PetPace multi-patient mode represent a practical step toward higher standards of inpatient monitoring and care.