Background: Current practice standards regarding telemetry utilization do not address the usage of telemetry for non-cardiac indications in the acute care, non-ICU, setting. The American Heart Association (AHA) practice standards make no recommendation on the use of cardiac monitoring for non-cardiac conditions (non-AHA) with the potential for hemodynamic decompensation, such as sepsis, gastrointestinal bleeding, alcohol […]

Background: Excess alarms cause a phenomenon, known as alarm fatigue, in which medical providers become desensitized to constant noise emitted from monitors & fail to notice or react to alarms which can lead to patient safety concerns. With the acceleration of remote monitoring & monitoring hubs, it is critical to minimize unactionable alarms and prevent […]