Featured in the LA Times: Hoag Innovators Invest in PeriWatch Vigilance Software

In a recent LA Times article, Hoag Innovators was highlighted for its work in promoting innovation at Hoag through collective and engaged giving, including the investment in PeriGen’s PeriWatch Vigilance. Their investments in the latest technology and research are measurably impacting patient care at Hoag, while also enhancing the recruitment of nationally recognized physicians who are bringing innovation to their specializations.

Dr. Lisa Karamardian, who has been an active staff member at Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian since 1996, had plenty of humor and quips during her pitch. Innovators member Mike Gray, impressed, called her “the closer” as she stepped off the stage.

The PeriWatch Vigilance software will help her and her team at Hoag, where about 8,000 babies are born annually, via artificial intelligence and field telemetry.

“This is technology that improves outcomes for both moms and baby,” Karamardian said, adding that her mothers at Hoag Newport often tend to be at an advanced maternal age, considered high risk. “This is the first step toward building what we call a PeriGen Command Center, and there are three command centers in this country right now.”

Karamardian, a Newport Beach resident, said in a phone interview Friday that she was very excited when she got the text message — all of the doctors had to leave the meeting when voting commenced — that her request would be granted.

“This is going to allow us to accurately prioritize attention, and in some instances realize that things are OK and we’ve got more time,” she said. “It’s really important, because there is such subjectivity to reading a monitoring strip, and I think there’s a lot that can be learned from taking millions of bits of data, digitizing it and using that to look at standards and norms.”

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