While alarms play an important role in notifying healthcare professionals of critical patient needs, having too many notifications can cause alarm fatigue for already overworked nurses and may put ...
LVH-Pocono sued by family of woman who died after emergency alerts were ignored amid ‘alarm fatigue’
The family of a woman who suffered an anoxic brain injury at Lehigh Valley Hospital–Pocono and later died there is suing the hospital, Lehigh Valley Health Network and nurses who worked there for ...
While telemetry is valuable for monitoring patients’ vital signs and other measurements, inappropriate use of the tool can also expose patients to unintended harm, according to a report in JAMA ...
An Iowa man died at a Des Moines hospital in March after a nurse deliberately shut off the alarms used to monitor patients' conditions, newly disclosed state records show. Michael Deal, a 65-year-old ...
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