title: Remote monitoring. Expanding a successful system.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA.
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Capuano
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Molchany
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Potylycki
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Robinson
mesh_terms: D004868:Equipment Failure; D006757:Hospital Units / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D018579:Patient Selection; D019114:Remote Consultation; D013686:Telemetry / Q000451:nursing*