Decrease in Inpatient Telemetry Utilization Through a System-Wide Electronic Health Record Change and a Multifaceted Hospitalist Intervention

Edholm, Karli; Kukhareva, Polina; Ciarkowski, Claire; Carr, Jason; Gill, David; Rupp, Austin; Morshedzadeh, Jack; Wanner, Nathan; Kawamoto, Kensaku

doi:10.12788/jhm.2933

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Decrease in Inpatient Telemetry Utilization Through a System-Wide Electronic Health Record Change and a Multifaceted Hospitalist Intervention.

Published in Journal of hospital medicine • Aug 1, 2018

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Authors:

Karli Edholm

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Polina Kukhareva

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Claire Ciarkowski

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Unnecessary telemetry monitoring contributes to healthcare waste. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the impact of 2 interventions to reduce telemetry utilization. DESIGN, SETTING, PATIENTS: A 2-group retrospective, observational pre- to postintervention study of 35,871 nonintensive care unit (ICU) ...

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