Strategic nursing capacity

Nursing shortage is a staffing
and a process problem.

We can no longer recruit our way out. But we can fix the process.

We build technical care assistants for hospitals and nursing homes that let you reclaim nursing capacity — structurally, predictably, independent of the labor market. Strategic infrastructure, not a recurring purchase.

250+
Institutions
50+
Studies
15+
Years in the market
DACH+
The reality of care in DACH+

Three realities that recur in every facility.

Regardless of ownership, region or level of care.

01 · What is really missing

Nursing time is the real bottleneck.

The problem is not knowledge or motivation — it is the lack of nursing capacity exactly where it makes the greatest difference.

02 · Standard of care under pressure

Nursing tasks can no longer be carried out reliably

Repositioning, skin checks, documentation — much of it can no longer be delivered to guideline standard in everyday practice.

03 · Complexity meets scarcity

With disorientation, the problem escalates.

Dementia, delirium, pain, resistance to care — at night especially, with limited resources, the gap turns into a systemic risk.

"Nursing time is missing exactly where it makes the greatest difference — structurally, not just on an individual level."
The strategic reframe

More staff no longer solves the problem.

Even if we could find them — the cycle has long been running on its own. Five factors that set each other off.

01 · Staff shortage
1,8 Mio.1
staff missing in
Germany's health system by 2035
02 · Strain
9,55%2
sickness absence —
the highest of any sector
03 · Turnover
43.000 CHF3
cost per
departure
04 · Agency staff
65%4
of hospitals rely on
agency staff in nursing
05 · Closures
87%5
of facilities cannot rule out
closing beds

And the cycle starts over — faster than before.

The lever is no longer the staff. The lever is the processes — exactly where nursing time is structurally lost today.

Our architecture

Built around the process, not the device.

Three layers that work together — and together turn the reality of care
into strategic nursing capacity.

01

Make risks visible.

Continuous, unobtrusive patient monitoring — mobility, position, micro-movement. Subjective observation becomes objective data. What used to slip away between shifts is now documented.

02

Stabilise and automate processes.

Recurring, physically demanding routine care tasks such as repositioning and mobilisation are technically supported or taken over. 24/7. At night too. Even when refused.

03

Make impact measurable.

Outcome data that show up in the annual accounts: complication rates, nursing time balance, sickness absence, staff retention. Care quality that becomes a business metric.

Technology is the means, not the hero. Care remains relational work — we give nursing staff back the time for it.

WHAT WE ACTUALLY DELIVER

Three tools. One architecture.

Detect → Anticipate → Automate.
Effective on their own, powerful together.

01 · Detect

Mobility Monitor

See risks before incidents occur.
What it is
Sensor-based, continuous mobility and position monitoring in bed — no wearables, no interference with the care process.
The outcome
An objective data basis for risk assessment, care-needs evaluation, handovers and quality management. Early signals of falls, pressure ulcers, delirium, pain and sleep disturbance.
Mobility Monitor visual
Mobility Monitor in detail
02 · Anticipate

BedEx

Catch attempts to get up before they become a fall.
What it is
An early-warning system for bed-exit attempts in patients at risk of falling — with a precise alert to the right nurse at the right time.
The outcome
Fewer falls, less restraint, less emergency presence. A calmer night shift.
BedEx visual
BedEx in detail

Still unsure where to start?

Compare the platforms
Clinical outcomes — the AMS example

Clinically proven. Operationally proven.

More than 50 studies and field studies, including with university medical partners. Over 250 institutions work with
our solutions.

96%6
efficacy in
pressure ulcer prevention
91%6
reduction in manual
repositioning
73%6
improvement in
sleep quality
86%6
patient acceptance
after implementation
~1 hr
nursing time
per at-risk patient / day
Structurally reclaimed — not added up. The operational meaning of 91% fewer manual repositionings: time that becomes available for patients again across the shift.8
Additionally • Mobility Monitoring studies • University Hospitals Freiburg & CHUV Lausanne7
3 → 0
Falls from the bed — University Hospital Freiburg, Neurology / Neurosurgery: from 3 documented cases in the blinded phase (4.1%, n=74) to zero in the intervention period (0%, n=55). Independently confirmed at CHUV Lausanne, Internal Medicine: falls down from 5.37% (3 of 56) to 0% (0 of 60). Documented alongside: -35% mean immobility time.
−65 %
Pressure ulcer incidence in a controlled study — reduced from 4.0% to 1.4%. n=873 cases across two intensive care units, controlled blinded-intervention comparison. Independently confirmed at CHUV Lausanne, Internal Medicine: pressure ulcer incidence from 8.9% (5 of 56) to 0% in the intervention period (0 of 60).

Not from a single pilot. From 250 institutions that chose our architecture over the years — and stayed with it.

A selection of our partner institutions
University hospitals & tertiary care

Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Inselspital Bern, Universitätsspital Basel, Universitätsspital Zürich, Universitätsklinikum Freiburg, Universitätsklinikum Essen, Kepler Universitätsklinikum Linz, Charité Berlin.

Swiss cantonal and specialist hospitals

Kantonsspital Baden, Kantonsspital Graubünden, Kantonsspital Uri, Spital Muri, Hirslanden-Gruppe, Universitäre Altersmedizin Felix Platter Basel, Schweizer Paraplegiker-Zentrum Nottwil, Clinica Hildebrand Brissago.

Care groups and nursing centers

Tertianum-Gruppe, Domicil, Almacasa, Pflegezentrum Sunnewies, Pflegezentrum Lindenfeld Suhr, Pflegeheim Wendelin, NürnbergStift.

The investment decision

The status quo is not a neutral option.

Not investing is a decision too — with costs of its own, quarter after quarter.

Whoever does not invest today

  • loses staff to facilities with better conditions.
  • drives up downstream costs through complications and sickness absence.
  • closes capacity for lack of staff.
  • deepens the deficit quarter after quarter.

Whoever invests today

  • stabilises processes that have grown fragile in everyday work.
  • protects staff from overload and turnover.
  • secures the ability to deliver care independent of the labor market.
  • keeps room to act on strategic decisions.
Economics

ROI of roughly 10 to 1.

A five-figure net benefit per system per year — refinanced through four levers: avoided complications, freed-up nursing time, lower sickness absence and stronger staff retention.

Facility-specific calculation on request

Technical care assistants and nursing robotics are no luxury. They are the strategic answer to a market where staff can no longer be found.

Who we are

compliant concept AG.

For more than 15 years, compliant concept AG has been developing technical care assistants for everyday acute and long-term care. A spin-off of ETH Zürich and Empa, recognized ten times over for its innovations — including the Swiss CTI MedTech Award. Headquartered in Switzerland; markets across DACH and beyond

What sets us apart from hardware suppliers: we start from the care process, not the device. Every implementation is supported — from risk detection through team onboarding to the point where the effects are measurable in the annual accounts. Not a supplier relationship, but a care architecture that grows with the institution.

More than 60 studies and field studies, including with university medical partners. Evidence, not narrative.

CE-certified medical device · MDR-compliant · GDPR-compliant
Getting started

Three ways to start a conversation with us.

Depending on where you are in the decision.

01 · Reading phase

Executive Insight Report

To get familiar with the topic.

A strategy paper on automated nursing capacity as strategic infrastructure — the economic business case, system impact and the cost of doing nothing. Twelve pages. Sourced evidence. Not a sales brochure.

Request the report
02 · Evaluation phase

Strategy consultation

For a facility-specific assessment.

30 minutes with our expert team. A facility-specific calculation, pilot scenarios, implementation logic. Confidential. No obligation.

Book a consultation
03 · Decision phase

Pilot project

For a structured start.

A structured implementation on a defined ward or in a defined care group. Supported from risk­detection through to impact measurement. Scalable.

Request a pilot

Gaining nursing time when new staff are almost impossible to find.
That is no longer a vision today. It is a decision.

Sources & references
  1. PwC study Fachkräftemangel im deutschen Gesundheitswesen 2022 in collaboration with the WifOR Institute. 1,8 Mio. open positions in the German health sector in 2035 (relative shortfall 35,4 %). pwc.de
  2. AOK Rheinland/Hamburg, Fehlzeiten-Analyse 2024 (data basis 2023). Sickness absence in nursing in a cross-sector comparison. aok.de
  3. Kompetenz Center Mitarbeiterbindung (IOGW Consulting). Fluktuationskostenstudie 2016, updated 2024. 43.069 € average cost per departure in nursing. io-group.de
  4. Deutsches Krankenhausinstitut (DKI), Krankenhaus-Barometer 2022; confirmed by the Bundesagentur für Arbeit 2024 (Ärzteblatt Nordrhein, February 2024).
  5. DKI flash survey Drängende Problemlagen deutscher Krankenhäuser, August 2022, n=274. dki.de · DKG-Pressemitteilung
  6. compliant concept AG, Library Clinical Evidence AMS 2026. Aggregated outcomes from 10 independent studies over more than a decade, including Kantonsspital Winterthur 2017 (n=22, Innere Medizin & Chirurgie): 91 % reduction in manual repositioning, 73 % better sleep quality, 95 % skin integrity.
  7. Pflegepraxiszentrum Freiburg (PPZ), Mobility Monitor studies at University Hospital Freiburg. (a) Pilot study, Neurology/Neurosurgery, blinded phase n=74 / intervention phase n=55: falls from the bed reduced from 4,1 % to 0 % (3 vs. 0 cases), 0 nosocomial pressure ulcers, −35 % mean immobility time, 83 % recommendation by nursing staff (Feuchtinger J. et al., Deutscher Pflegetag 2018). (b) Controlled study on two intensive care units (NCH-ICU, NLO-ICU), n=873 cases, blinded-intervention comparison: pressure ulcer incidence reduced from 4,0 % to 1,4 % (17 vs. 6 new pressure ulcers), a −65 % relative reduction. (c) CHUV Lausanne, Internal Medicine, blinded phase n=56 / intervention phase n=60: pressure ulcer and fall incidence reduced to 0 % (Carrea-Bassin F. et al., EPUAP Belfast 2017).
  8. compliant concept AG, AMS Executive Insight Report 2026. Conservatively ~1 hour (60–90 min.) of nursing time saved per at-risk patient per day – derived from the significant reduction in manual repositioning documented in pilot projects.