What is virtual sitting?

Virtual sitting — also called virtual patient monitoring or vSitting — uses remote safety monitors and AI-enabled technology to watch over at-risk patients without requiring a staff member to be physically present in the room. A single remote monitor can observe multiple patients simultaneously, alerting bedside staff the moment intervention is needed. It's a proven, cost-effective alternative to traditional one-to-one bedside sitters, and a critical tool for hospitals facing staffing shortages and rising patient safety demands.

How does virtual sitting work?

Teladoc Health's virtual sitting solution runs on the same SOLO platform device used for virtual nursing and clinical consultations. A remote safety monitor views a live feed of the patient room and can communicate directly with the patient or trigger an alert to bedside staff — all without disrupting other care activities happening on the same device. Clarity, our AI suite, adds an additional layer by continuously analyzing patient movement and behavior to identify fall risk before an incident occurs.

How is Teladoc Health's virtual sitting different from other solutions?

Most virtual sitting vendors offer a standalone monitoring application — a single tool for a single purpose. Teladoc Health's virtual sitting runs on SOLO, so it operates alongside virtual nursing, clinical consultations, and AI-enabled monitoring on the same device and platform. That means no additional hardware, no separate vendor relationship, and no siloed program to manage. It also means your virtual sitting investment today builds toward a broader virtual care capability tomorrow.

What are the benefits of virtual sitting for hospitals?

Hospitals using virtual sitting report meaningful improvements across patient safety, staff efficiency, and operational cost — including reduced patient falls and injuries, lower spending on unreimbursed sitter positions, the ability to monitor multiple patients with fewer staff, faster response times when patients need intervention, and more time for bedside nurses to focus on direct clinical care.

Can virtual sitting and virtual nursing run on the same device?

Yes. Virtual safety monitoring and virtual clinical consultations — including nursing, specialist consults, and patient education — can run concurrently on the same SOLO device without either workflow disrupting the other. This is one of the key advantages of a platform approach over point solutions.

Smarter virtual sitting for safer patients and leaner hospital operations

Patient falls cost U.S. hospitals an estimated $50 billion a year*

How virtual sitting improves patient safety and hospital efficiency

Keep patients safer, around the clock

Remote safety monitors watch for falls, track movement, and monitor treatment devices — across multiple patients simultaneously. When intervention is needed, they alert bedside staff immediately. No delay, no gap in coverage, no patient left unattended.

Monitor and consult at the same time

Virtual safety monitoring and virtual clinical consultations happen concurrently on the same SOLO^TM device — no switching, no interruption, no competing workflows. Your team gets more done without adding more tools.

Turn monitoring data into decisions

Real-time dashboards give program leaders a live overview of your virtual monitoring program — patient status, alert activity, response times, and more. The visibility you need to manage performance, identify gaps, and demonstrate ROI.

AI that spots risk before it becomes harm

Clarity, our AI suite, continuously analyzes patient movement, behavior, and environmental signals to flag fall risk and potential injury before an incident occurs. Proactive alerts. Faster response. Better outcomes — on the same device your team already uses.

The extra eyes and ears you need to keep patients safe

Connected care resources

What is virtual sitting?

Virtual sitting — also called virtual patient monitoring or vSitting — uses remote safety monitors and AI-enabled technology to watch over at-risk patients without requiring a staff member to be physically present in the room. A single remote monitor can observe multiple patients simultaneously, alerting bedside staff the moment intervention is needed. It's a proven, cost-effective alternative to traditional one-to-one bedside sitters, and a critical tool for hospitals facing staffing shortages and rising patient safety demands.
How does virtual sitting work?

Teladoc Health's virtual sitting solution runs on the same SOLO platform device used for virtual nursing and clinical consultations. A remote safety monitor views a live feed of the patient room and can communicate directly with the patient or trigger an alert to bedside staff — all without disrupting other care activities happening on the same device. Clarity, our AI suite, adds an additional layer by continuously analyzing patient movement and behavior to identify fall risk before an incident occurs.
How is Teladoc Health's virtual sitting different from other solutions?

Most virtual sitting vendors offer a standalone monitoring application — a single tool for a single purpose. Teladoc Health's virtual sitting runs on SOLO, so it operates alongside virtual nursing, clinical consultations, and AI-enabled monitoring on the same device and platform. That means no additional hardware, no separate vendor relationship, and no siloed program to manage. It also means your virtual sitting investment today builds toward a broader virtual care capability tomorrow.
What are the benefits of virtual sitting for hospitals?

Hospitals using virtual sitting report meaningful improvements across patient safety, staff efficiency, and operational cost — including reduced patient falls and injuries, lower spending on unreimbursed sitter positions, the ability to monitor multiple patients with fewer staff, faster response times when patients need intervention, and more time for bedside nurses to focus on direct clinical care.
Can virtual sitting and virtual nursing run on the same device?

Yes. Virtual safety monitoring and virtual clinical consultations — including nursing, specialist consults, and patient education — can run concurrently on the same SOLO device without either workflow disrupting the other. This is one of the key advantages of a platform approach over point solutions.