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Health system redesign of cardiac monitoring oversight to optimize alarm management, safety, and staff engagement.

Engel JR, Lindsay M, O'Brien S, et al. Health system redesign of cardiac monitoring oversight to optimize alarm management, safety, and staff engagement. J Nurs Adm. 2012.52(11):511-518. 10.1097/nna.0000000000001192

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December 14, 2022
Engel JR, Lindsay M, O'Brien S, et al. J Nurs Adm. 2022;52(10):511-518.
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Alert fatigue occurs when healthcare workers become desensitized to alarms over time, especially when alarms tend to be clinically nonsignificant, and therefore, ignored or not responded to. This study reports on one health system’s redesign of cardiac monitoring structure to reduce alert fatigue. Through a four-phase quality improvement project, three hospitals were able to decrease alarms by 74-95% and sustained the results for 12 months.

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Engel JR, Lindsay M, O'Brien S, et al. Health system redesign of cardiac monitoring oversight to optimize alarm management, safety, and staff engagement. J Nurs Adm. 2012.52(11):511-518. 10.1097/nna.0000000000001192

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