Key result
Telemetry monitoring is ordered for noncardiac indications in ~20% of cases alongside primary ACS and arrhythmias.
Population
Telemetry orders in the medicine and progressive care units from April 2014 to March 2015 at a US-based…
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Telemetry overuse may continue without intervention; leaves open whether education or order sets improve adherence in similar settings.
Observational
No
One-fifth of telemetry orders at an academic medical center were for noncardiac indications, highlighting a potential area for systems-based interventions to improve guideline-concordant use.
Chen et al. (2017) conducted an observational in Telemetry orders. Telemetry orders was evaluated on Indications for telemetry orders. Telemetry was ordered for noncardiac indications in 20.2% of cases, whereas the top cardiac indications included angina/acute coronary syndrome (35.3%) and arrhythmias (19.7%).
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