Know what happened
Relevant device events and readings reach the care team, as one card in the patient’s group.
BuzzBeacon · Apple Health · Patient D.K.Blood pressure above target, 3 of last 3Latest 168/104 mmHg
How it works
Know the night. Check the morning. Turn the dial.
Like a gauge and a thermostat: one tells you it is too hot or too cold, the other lets you do something about it. BuzzBeacon gives the care team both.
Check what’s happening
Request the latest available readings when needed, before a call or a visit.
Make an adjustment
Interact with supported device settings where compatible and authorized. The change and who made it stay on the record.
66°Now
Room temperatureHospice patient’s homeSet to 66°F
Illustrations on a demonstration group. Which settings can be adjusted depends on the connected tool.
Three nights
The reading arrives. The team decides.
This is the card your team sees, word for word. What they do next happens in the same thread, in writing.
She treated a 2 AM low herself. Her next visit is Thursday.
BuzzBeacon · Dexcom · Patient M.R.
Low glucose (below 54) for 25 min
Readings 2:05 AM to 2:30 AM, lowest 47 mg/dL
Dexcom data reaches BuzzBeacon about an hour after readings. Not a real-time alarm; the patient's Dexcom alarms remain primary.
The team decidesCall her at 9 to go over the evening dose, message the prescriber, move Thursday's visit up.
His cuff and scale write to his iPhone. The clinic hears about it at the next appointment.
BuzzBeacon · Apple Health · Patient D.K.
Blood pressure above target, 3 of last 3 readings
Latest 168/104 mmHg, pulse 94 bpm. Target set by the clinic: 90 to 140 / 60 to 90.
Apple Health readings reach BuzzBeacon when the patient's iPhone next syncs. Not a real-time alarm.
The team decidesBring the follow-up forward, review medications, arrange transport for an earlier visit.
His recovery went red overnight. He saw it on his wrist. His coach didn't.
BuzzBeacon · WHOOP · Member J.T.
Recovery 21% (red zone)
Resting heart rate 66, up 18% on the 7-day average. HRV 40 ms, down 31%. Sleep performance 62%.
Wellness data from a consumer wearable. Not a medical device reading.
The team decidesSwap the morning session, note the pattern for the next physician check-in, send him a quick word.
Illustrations on a demonstration group. Patients and readings are made up.
Getting started
One switch, one link, one card.
Switch it on for a group
The group's admin, usually the nurse manager or case manager, turns BuzzBeacon on in the group's settings.
The patient connects
They get a link and sign in to the account they already have, or allow Apple Health on their iPhone. They choose to share; they can stop any time.
Readings arrive as cards
Episodes that cross the targets set for your agency land in the group, with an Acknowledge button. Anyone in the group can read the latest on demand.
One connection, every team that needs it
A patient connects once. The same device can serve the home health team, the specialist's team and the family group, each in its own thread, without connecting again.
Thirty seconds
Check your signal gap
How long does a bad night wait before anyone on the care team knows about it?
How often does a clinician see a typical patient in person?
Between visits, how does the team usually hear about a bad night?
How many of your patients wear a CGM, a smartwatch or a connected cuff or scale?
Connected today
Devices your patients already own
Nothing to ship, nothing to collect at discharge.
Glucose
Dexcom G6 and G7
Glucose episodes from the patient's CGM, such as an overnight low. The patient signs in to their own Dexcom account.
iPhone and Apple Watch
Apple Health
Blood pressure and weight from cuffs and scales that write to Apple Health, plus Apple Watch heart rhythm, heart rate and fall events.
Wellness
WHOOP
Recovery, sleep and heart rate variability, for wellness and executive health programs.
Make a device or a health signal your users want their care team to see? Talk to us about connecting it.
Why not another alarm
A beacon, not a siren.
A beacon is the steady light you steer by. BuzzBeacon works the same way: the patient's device handles the moment, and your team gets the story, summarized, in the thread they open first.
A siren
Demands you stop now
- Lands on whoever is on call, at any hour
- Adds to the pile your nurses already triage
- Lives in a separate dashboard or inbox
BuzzBeacon
Is there when you look
- One card per episode, ready for the morning huddle
- Thresholds set for your agency, so the card means something
- In the patient's Buzz group, beside the visit notes and the family
Trust
Built to sit beside the care, not on top of it.
Questions care teams ask
Is this an alarm system?
No. The patient's own device stays the real-time safety layer and alarms the patient as it always has. BuzzBeacon gives the care team the episode afterward, in hours rather than seconds, so it is ready for the next decision.
Does the patient need a new app?
For Dexcom and WHOOP, no. The patient signs in to the account they already have from a link the team sends. For Apple Health, they allow sharing through Skyscape's BuzzContinuum app.
Who sees the readings?
Only the Buzz groups the patient connects to. The patient sees which group gets what, and can stop sharing from their own device at any time.
Can the care team change settings?
On connected tools built to accept a setting, yes: an authorized clinician makes the change from the patient's group, and the change is logged there. BuzzBeacon never changes anything on its own.
Does it tell clinicians what to do?
No. Cards describe what happened against the targets set for your agency. Your clinicians decide what it means.
Do we set the thresholds?
Yes. Thresholds are set for your organization and can be tuned without waiting on a software release.
Is this a remote patient monitoring billing program?
No. BuzzBeacon is about what your care team can see and act on together. It does not capture billing codes.
We don't use Buzz yet. Can we still pilot BuzzBeacon?
BuzzBeacon works inside Buzz, because Buzz groups are where its cards land. Agencies new to Buzz start with a Buzz group for the pilot, and the scoping call covers setup.
Does it connect to our EHR?
BuzzBeacon lives in Buzz, beside your EHR, so it works the same whatever system you run.
Start small
Start with one group and a few patients
A pilot needs one Buzz group, a few patients who agree to share from a device they already use, targets your team sets up front, and a nurse who reads the cards each morning. No EHR connection is needed to start.