After three harrowing weeks in the hospital, Terry Downs, 68, was on a path to recovery. A former Boeing engineer who helped design the stealth bomber, Downs was admitted to HCA Healthcare's Wesley ...
Cardiac issues are just one reason you might have telemetry monitoring. You might need it after surgery, recovery from a stroke, or if you have blood clots.(Photo Credit: E+/Getty Images.) Telemetry ...
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 ...
A remote monitoring system being implemented at hospitals in Oxnard and Camarillo means heart rhythms of patients at risk of cardiac arrests and other problems are being tracked by technicians 430 ...
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 ...
Chicago-based Sibel Health, a medical technology company, has been picked by the capital region of Denmark for a long-term partnership in conjunction with Dräger, a medical safety technology company, ...
A Mission Hospital cardiac patient died in late July after becoming disconnected from telemetry monitoring for at least an hour, and hospital administration repeatedly refused to hold an emergency ...
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 ...
Cambridge, Massachusetts – Philips, a global leader in health technology, today announced the introduction of an innovative telemetry platform designed to help address critical challenges in ...
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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 ...
Health technology company Philips has introduced a new telemetry platform to address the challenge of staffing shortages and alarm management. A key feature is Telemetry Monitor 5500, a "data-driven ...
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 ...