Optimize telemetry utilization

While surveillance of ambulating patients is an essential part of the care continuum, knowing when a patient has met your hospital’s discharge criteria is also important. Research indicates that up to 35% of all cardiac telemetry usage is taken up by patients who do not meet AHA guidelines for ambulatory monitoring.* Telemetry overuse may increase length-of-stay and impact your ability to admit patients from the Emergency Department. Overuse also impacts the bottom line, with data suggesting  an average excess cost for a 400-bed hospital of $250,000 per year.*

To optimize telemetry utilization, caregivers need easy access to the information used to determine discharge criteria. Spacelabs SafeNSound can help, bringing this information together this data into a single, simple overview.

Technology born in space

Spacelabs pioneered medical telemetry as a prime contractor for NASA. The Gemini Program required real-time, remote physiological monitoring of orbiting astronauts from Earth. Spacelabs’ innovation in medical telemetry helped make history as part of the Gemini IV flight as astronaut Edward H. White II became the first American to walk in space in June 1965.

NASA’s Apollo Program was dedicated to fulfilling President John F. Kennedy’s challenge to land a man on the moon by the end of the decade. In July 1969, Neil Armstrong stepped onto the moon wearing Spacelabs telemetry. By the early 1970s, Spacelabs was installing its “Apollo 70 Cardiac Care Monitoring System” at hospitals throughout the United States, with astronauts including Alan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell attending in person to participate in the dedication celebrations on several occasions.

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