Decreasing Inappropriate Telemetry Utilization in the Non-ICU Setting

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Identifier EBP2016_poster_EDHOLM
Title Decreasing Inappropriate Telemetry Utilization in the Non-ICU Setting
Creator Edholm, Karli; Carr, Jason; Gill, David; Rupp, Austin; Morshedzadeh, Jack
Subject Evidence-Based Practice; Telemetry; Equipment and Supplies Utilization; Health Services Misuse; Cost Control; Monitoring, Physiologic; Hospitalists; Clinical Decision-Making; Electronic Health Records; Guidelines as Topic; Poster
Description Telemetry monitoring is known to be over-utilized outside of the ICU, rarely leads to a change in management, and has never been shown to improve clinical outcomes. We demonstrate that implementation of a system-wide change to the EMR telemetry ordering process has, thus far, led to a 15% decrease in overall telemetry utilization, while a simultaneous multi-faceted intervention within the hospitalist group led to a reduction of 54%.
Relation is Part of Evidence Based Medicine - 2016
Publisher Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Date Digital 2016
Date 2016
Type Text
Format application/pdf
Source Evidence-Based Practice 2016
Rights https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/
Language eng
ARK ark:/87278/s6kt1420
Setname ehsl_ebp
ID 1399585
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6kt1420