HCA Florida St. Lucie Hospital has cut the ribbon on its new 15-bed cardiac telemetry unit, according to an Aug. 31 report from South Florida Hospital News. The expansion will allow the system to ...

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 ...

In related news, a report by San Francisco-based Turnstone Consulting has determined that Kaiser Permanente's planned 224-bed Modesto Medical Center and 49-acre medical campus would create ...

The authors report overutilization of telemetry monitoring in a community setting, increasing the cost of health care and potential harm to patients with unnecessary interventions. Objectives: ...

Wilmington, Del.-based Christiana Care Health System was able to reduce its mean daily cost for non-intensive care unit cardiac telemetry from $18,971 to $5,772 in less than six months through an ...

An electronic alert embedded in the electronic health record (EHR) safely decreases the length of time that hospitalized patients are on cardiac telemetry, according to a study published online Monday ...

The Guam Memorial Hospital Authority is reporting steady progress on multiple facility improvement projects aimed at maintaining a safe and functional environment for patients and staff. Hospital offi ...

Gina Covino puts her heart into every part of her job. After working as a registered nurse, Covino found a calling in supporting other nurses. Today, she is clinical lead at Regional Hospital of ...

Interdisciplinary rounds (IRs) have been proposed to improve staff communication and reduce LOS. There have been no studies of IRs on an inpatient telemetry ward. Patients on a telemetry unit of a ...