Viacore's Pulso Digital: turning nursing-home vitals into medical criteria

Key points

Key takeaways from the product pitch delivered in Spanish by Viacore (October 2026):

The problem. In nursing homes, vitals are taken each morning on paper and often never reach the clinical history, so carers cannot see a resident's evolution, there is little permanent medical presence, and the default response to doubt is calling an ambulance to emergency. 20–30% of elderly people with respiratory infection show no fever, so a fixed threshold approach fails.

Pulso Digital. Viacore's own product, developed from scratch with the University of Cantabria nursing school and co-financed by SODERCAN, clinically validated by the university, piloted for 12 weeks at the Padre Menni hospital centre and now in daily production use.

Full cycle. A device measures six vitals in one pass; an AI alert engine (two layers — acute deterioration using a hospital scale adapted to elderly people, learning each resident's baseline temperature so a rise of more than 1.1°C triggers an alert, plus a chronic-disease layer for COPD, diabetes, etc.) filters the data before it reaches the clinical record, using open standards so data can be shared with public hospitals. A family mobile app lets relatives see their parents' status.

Teleconsultation. When the nurse sees an alert on the tablet, one button starts a remote consultation: the doctor can auscultate heart and lungs in real time and use an otoscope for ears and throat from anywhere. Transfer decisions are then taken on data plus a live remote examination instead of reflex ambulance calls — especially valuable in rural settings where a doctor visits only a couple of times a week.

Results. Around 85% (8–9 of 10) of alerts proved pertinent, so nurses' attention is not wasted; deployment takes days.

Why it matters. The morning vitals round becomes medical criteria — answering how many needless transfers could be avoided.

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