Managing a cardiac monitoring problem.
A multidisciplinary team initiated a plan of action to manage a consistently frustrating situation--telemetry utilization. Measurable criteria determined who needed telemetry and the length of time a patient would be monitored.
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Columbia Largo Medical Center, Florida, USA.
D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013686:Telemetry / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017749:Total Quality Management