Twenty percent of people hospitalized are released before all vital signs are stable, a pattern that’s been linked to an increased risk of death and hospital readmission, a new study by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers shows. As hospital stays have shortened dramatically over the past 30 years, there is increasing concern that patients are… Continue reading Many Patients Released before Vital Signs Are Stable
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New Vital Sign Monitoring System for Hospitalized Patients
A study published in November 2015 inJournal of Clinical Nursing indicates that a newly designed vital sign monitoring system can improve patient safety in medical and surgical units without an abundance of unnecessary alarms. A release from the publishers notes that when the system was installed for four weeks in two medical/surgical units–one in Utah… Continue reading New Vital Sign Monitoring System for Hospitalized Patients