Stanford hospital cut alarms by 57% without hurting safety — here’s what replaces the noise

Two units at Palo Alto, Calif.-based Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford cut bedside monitor alarms from 60,000 to 26,000 without an increase in emergencies, The Wall Street Journal reported Sept. 28. The result points to a shift in how hospitals are tackling alarm fatigue. Rather than simply silencing monitors, health systems are making alarms wait, […] The post Stanford hospital cut alarms by 57% without hurting safety — here’s what replaces the noise appeared first o...