Keywords

alarm fatigue, alarms, cardiac monitoring, patient safety, smartphones, telemetry monitoring

 

Authors

  1. Short, Kathleen MSN, CNS, AOCNS
  2. Chung, You "Jay" Jr. MSN, RN-BC, CCRN

Abstract

Abstract: 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.