While telemetry is valuable for monitoring patients’ vital signs and other measurements, inappropriate use of the tool can also expose patients to unintended harm, according to a report in JAMA ...

In the United States, heart disease is the most common chronic disease and remains the leading cause of death for both men and women, making the ability to provide accurate continuous cardiac ...

Inappropriate utilization of cardiac telemetry is wasteful spending with no significant clinical benefit. Eliminating inappropriate use of cardiac telemetry can generate significant cost savings for ...

Reducing inappropriate use of cardiac telemetry may improve the cost of care while maintaining patient safety. With the impetus for healthcare reform and the imperative for healthcare organizations to ...

ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Advanced ICU Care, the nation’s leading provider of high-acuity telemedicine services, announced that the company has launched telemetry monitoring services at Passavant ...

WESTFIELD — Many Westfield Memorial Hospital patients requiring telemetry monitoring will no longer have to be transferred to another Allegheny Health Network hospital, and can receive care in their ...

In late November, staff in Lehigh Valley Hospital-Pocono’s cardiovascular telemetry unit took 14 minutes to respond to an alarm that sounded because one patient’s blood oxygen level fell to a ...

The move follows the state health department’s immediate jeopardy recommendation it sent to federal regulators earlier this month.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. DENVER (KDVR) — In spring 2023, a patient ...

The expansion adds 50 new beds, new intensive and intermediate care units, and specialty services in neurology, cardiology ...