Clinical Evidence Series
Philips is proud to showcase a robust and continually expanding body of clinical research encompassing our entire portfolio—from alarm management, early warning scoring, and clinical workflows to cardiology, respiratory care, and obstetrics, as well as situational awareness and clinical decision support. Together, these studies demonstrate our unwavering commitment to advancing patient care and strengthening clinical outcomes through sound, evidence‑based research.
2025
- Mitigating Alarm Fatigue and Improving the Bedside Experience by Reducing Nonactionable Alarms (Full Study) (Summary PDF)
- Time series evaluation of improvement interventions to reduce alarm notifications in a paediatric hospital (Full Study) (Summary PDF)
- Correlating data from different sensors to increase the positive predictive value of alarms: an empiric assessment (Full Study) (Summary PDF)
2026
- Improving alarm management to reduce alarm fatigue in critical care: a mixed-methods study (Full Study)
- Testing physiologic monitor alarm customization software to reduce alarm rates and improve nurses’ experience of alarms in a medical intensive care unit (Full Study) (Summary PDF)
2021
- Optimisation of clinical workflow and monitor settings safely reduces alarms in the NICU (Full Study) (Summary PDF)
- A novel ECG ward telemetry system with smartphone based alarm escalation (Full Study) (Summary PDF)
2012
- A controlled trial of electronic automated advisory vital signs monitoring in general hospital wards (Full Study) (Summary PDF)
- Effect of an automated notification system for deteriorating ward patients on clinical outcomes (Full Study) (Summary PDF)
- Implementation of an automated early warning scoring system in a surgical ward: Practical use and effects on patient outcomes (Full Study) (Summary PDF)
- Detection of Deteriorating Patients on Surgical Wards Outside the ICU by an Automated MEWS-Based Early Warning System With Paging Functionality (Full Study) (Summary PDF)
- Economics of implementing an early deterioration detection solution for general care patients at a US hospital (Full Study) (Summary PDF)
- Continuous vital sign monitoring in patients after elective abdominal surgery: a retrospective study on clinical outcomes and costs (Full Study) (Summary PDF)
- A model-based cost-utility analysis of an automated notification system for deteriorating patients on general wards (Full Study) (Summary PDF)
2026
- Association Between Serum Caffeine Concentrations, Intermittent Hypoxia and Apnea in Preterm Infants: A Prospective Observational Study (Full Study) (Summary PDF)
- Pulse Oximetry Histogram Profiles Before and After Red Blood Cell Transfusion in Very Preterm Infants: A Prospective Observational Cohort (Full Study) (Summary PDF)
- Physiological Stability During Kangaroo Mother Care Among VLBW Premature Infants, Supported by Non-Invasive Respiratory Support (Full Study)
- Oxygenation Instability during Bolus versus Continuous Feeding among VLBW Infants, Supported by Noninvasive Ventilation (Full Study) (Summary PDF)
- Intermittent Hypoxemia and Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia with Pulmonary Hypertension in Preterm Infants (Full Study)
- Designing behavioral interventions using the capability-opportunity-motivation-behavior model and the theoretical domains framework to optimize oxygen saturation maintenance by NICU providers (Full Study)
- Histogram analysis for bedside respiratory monitoring in not critically ill preterm neonates (Full Study)
- Reducing Alarm Burden in a Level IV NICU (Full Study)
- The perfusion index histograms predict patent ductus arteriosus requiring treatment in preterm infants (Full Study) (Summary PDF)
- Oxygenation instability assessed by oxygen saturation histograms during supine vs prone position in VLBW infants receiving noninvasive respiratory support (Full Study) (Summary PDF)
- Oxygen saturation histograms predict nasal continuous positive airway pressure-weaning success in preterm infants (Full Study) (Summary PDF)
- Oxygen saturation histogram monitoring to reduce death or retinopathy of prematurity (Full Study) (Summary PDF)
2012
- The role of clinical decision support tools to reduce blood pressure variability in critically ill patients receiving vasopressor support (Full Study) (Summary PDF)
- Simulation evaluation of an enhanced bedside monitor display for patients with sepsis (Full Study) (Summary PDF)
2026
- Continuous Patient Monitoring in the Catheterization Laboratory: Usability and Operational Impact Assessment (Full Study) (Summary PDF)
- A comparison of two transport monitor systems with regard to efficiency and staff satisfaction in the perioperative setting (Full Study) (Summary PDF)
2011
- Continuous ST-Segment Monitoring: Nurses’ Attitudes, Practices, and Quality of Patient Care (Full Study) (Summary PDF)
2023
- Telemonitoring for perioperative care of outpatient bariatric surgery: Preference-based randomized clinical trial (Full Study) (Summary PDF)
2025
- Avatar-based vs conventional patient monitoring with distant vision: a computer-based simulation study (Full Study) (Summary PDF)
- Qualitative Exploration of Anesthesia Providers' Perceptions Regarding Philips Visual Patient Avatar in Clinical Practice (Full Study)
- Survey-based qualitative exploration of user perspectives on the Philips visual patient avatar in clinical situation management (Full Study)
- Avatar‑based patient monitoring improves information transfer, diagnostic confidence and reduces perceived workload in intensive care units (Full Study)
- Pediatric Anesthesia Providers' Perspective on the Real-Life Implementation of the Philips Visual Patient Avatar (Full Study)
- The Visual Patient Avatar ICU Facilitates Information Transfer of Written Information by Visualization: A Multicenter Comparative Eye-Tracking Study (Full Study)
- User Perceptions of Avatar-Based Patient Monitoring for Intensive Care Units: An International Exploratory Sequential Mixed-Methods Study (Full Study)
- Using Visual Patient to Show Vital Sign Predictions, a Computer-Based Mixed Quantitative and Qualitative Simulation Study (Full Study)
- Improving Visual-Patient-Avatar Design Prior to Its Clinical Release: A Mixed Qualitative and Quantitative Study (Full Study)
- User Perceptions of Different Vital Signs Monitor Modalities During High-Fidelity Simulation (Full Study)
- Visual Attention of Anesthesia Providers in Simulated Anesthesia Emergencies Using Conventional Number-Based and Avatar-Based Patient Monitoring: Prospective Eye-Tracking Study (Full Study)
- Avatar-based patient monitoring in critical anaesthesia events: a randomised high-fidelity simulation study (Full Study)
- Avatar-based versus conventional vital sign display in a central monitor for monitoring multiple patients (Full Study)
- Comparing classroom instruction to individual instruction as an approach to teach avatar-based patient monitoring (Full Study)
- Situation Awareness-Oriented Patient Monitoring with Visual Patient Technology (Full Study)
- The mechanisms responsible for improved information transfer in avatar-based patient monitoring: multicenter comparative eye-tracking study (Full Study)
- Avatar-Based Patient Monitoring With Peripheral Vision: A Multicenter Comparative Eye-Tracking Study (Full Study) (Summary PDF)
- Effects of a standardized distraction on caregivers’ perceptive performance with avatar-based and conventional patient monitoring (Full Study)
- User perceptions of avatar-based patient monitoring: a qual and quant study (Full Study) (Summary PDF)
- Using an animated patient avatar to improve perception of vital sign information (Full Study) (Summary PDF)
2024
- Impact of wearable wireless continuous vital sign monitoring in abdominal surgical patients: before-after study (Full Study) (Summary PDF)
- A wearable patch based remote early warning score (REWS) in major abdominal cancer surgery patients (Full Study) (Summary PDF)
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Results are specific to the institution where they were obtained and may not reflect the results achievable at other institutions. Results in other cases may vary.