Visual Patient in Daily Practice at Spital Lachen

Jan Kottwitz describes using Visual Patient Avatar in the operating room and intensive care unit at Spital Lachen since 2025. At the Philips Monitoring Day in Horgen, he discussed both the promise of visual monitoring and the practical work needed to integrate it into daily care. His exploratory survey of 23 staff members found varied use and limited perceived additional value in routine work. More frequent users rated it more favourably, an association that does not establish causality. He identifies training and evaluating specific situations—such as induction, acute changes, handovers and high workload—as priorities. These local perceptions are distinct from objective clinical outcomes.