Key result
Smartphone technology was implemented to replace a beeper-based system for telemetry alarm events to improve alarm management and reduce alarm fatigue in an acute care setting.
Why the study?
Alarms were developed to improve patient safety, but alarm fatigue may put patients at higher risk for harm.
Does smartphone technology improve alarm management and reduce alarm fatigue compared to a beeper-based system in an acute care institution?
Does smartphone technology improve alarm management and reduce alarm fatigue compared to a beeper-based system in an acute care institution?
Smartphone technology may offer a better solution for managing telemetry alarms and reducing alarm fatigue compared to traditional beeper-based systems.
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May reduce telemetry alarm fatigue; hypothesis-generating for smartphone systems, requiring larger trials before adoption.
Alarms were developed to improve patient safety, but alarm fatigue may put patients at higher risk for harm. This article recounts one acute care institution's search for a better alarm management solution using smartphone technology to replace its beeper-based system for telemetry alarm events.
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Short et al. (2019) studied this question. Smartphone technology was implemented to replace a beeper-based system for telemetry alarm events to improve alarm management and reduce alarm fatigue in an acute care setting.
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