Background: Continuous multiparameter, physiologic monitoring may improve patient outcomes in the medical-surgical wards by identifying patients who need clinical evaluation and or intervention. Alarms may be actionable or non-actionable dependent on whether the alarm is technical in nature or represents a substantive change in patient condition. Alarms will enhance patient care when followed by provider [...]

Case Presentation: 70 year old male veteran with Lung Adenocarcinoma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, and remote Mucosa Associated Lymphoid Tissue Lymphoma presents with nausea, diaphoresis, and shortness of breath following administration of intravenous Iodinated Contrast Media (ICM) obtained for a staging Computerized Tomography (CT) scan. The patient was afebrile, with sinus tachycardia at 120 beats [...]

Background: Patients hospitalized with COVID-19 are at risk for clinical deterioration after discharge. Because of this concern, hospitals established home monitoring programs during the pandemic. This study sought to describe these programs among a sample of US academic medical centers. Methods: We conducted a voluntary survey of hospital medicine leaders who participate in the Hospital [...]