Philips (NYSE:PHG) continues to find ways to advance patient care, whether in a hospital or at home, or somewhere in between.
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Telemetry is a critical tool in keeping patients alive, but without proper monitoring, it can lead to tragedy. A former executive ...
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: ...
WAUKESHA, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GE Healthcare introduced today its new CARESCAPE™ Telemetry platform, a wireless patient monitoring offering for hospitals. Built on GE CARESCAPE Enterprise Access™ ...
A Delaware healthcare system was able to reduce its use of cardiac telemetry by 70% without affecting patient safety by integrating American Heart Association guidelines into their electronic ordering ...
To detect "silent" or new cardiac abnormalities, all patients hospitalized for stroke should receive continuous cardiac rhythm monitoring (telemetry) for at least the first 24 hours after the stroke ...
Megan Duncan, a cardiology nurse at the University of Michigan Hospital, began filing reports with her superiors detailing concerns with the hospital’s new remote heartbeat monitoring program in ...
Pharmacokinetics (PK) and pharmacodynamics (PD) of AMG 162, a fully human monoclonal antibody to Receptor Activator of NF kappa B Ligand (RANKL), following a single subcutaneous dose to patients with ...
Pelter MM, Adams MG, Drew BJ. Association of transient myocardial ischemia with adverse in-hospital outcomes for angina patients treated in a telemetry unit or a coronary care unit. American Journal ...
Union nurses at Mission demanded hospital administration meet with them to address standards of care following the July death of a patient in the cardiac unit. // Watchdog photo by Katie Linsky Shaw A ...
Telemetry is a critical tool in keeping patients alive, but without proper monitoring, it can lead to tragedy. A former executive with HCA, the nation’s largest hospital chain, described an “epidemic ...