Remote monitoring. Expanding a successful system.
A successful telemetry placement system moves into five medical/surgical areas and two step-down units. The updated equipment included an alarm gateway with an arrhythmia detection system. Telemetry signals are transmitted to a pager worn by nurses; remote display monitors allow nurses to eyeball arrhythmias and reset their alarm without going to a central station.
Capuano
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Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA.
Molchany
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Potylycki
M J
MJ
Robinson
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J
D004868:Equipment Failure; D006757:Hospital Units / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D018579:Patient Selection; D019114:Remote Consultation; D013686:Telemetry / Q000451:nursing*