Background: Telemetry is widely used in hospitalized settings for the detection of cardiac arrhythmias. Our hospital uses an electronic telemetry to curb unnecessary telemetry use. The AHA has identified the utility of telemetry in non-cardiac conditions as an area of future research. We studied the telemetry ordering patterns of patients admitted with diagnosis of COVID-19 […]

Background: Over-utilization of telemetry can lead to reduced bed availability in telemetry units, which is a crucial bottleneck in hospital throughput. To address this, in our hospital a new orderset embedded in the EMR (Electronic Medical Record) was created. The orderset brought several changes to the workflow. Before, providers can admit patients to the telemetry […]

Background: Telemetry overuse contributes to excess healthcare costs, unnecessary workup of incidentalomas, and alarm fatigue. To curb overuse, guidelines such as the 2017 AHA/ACC continuous ECG monitoring practice standards have outlined appropriate telemetry use standards. The aim of this study was to perform a rapid “plan-do-study-act” (PDSA) cycle and assess whether a nursing (RN)-driven checklist […]