What is Telemetry?

jmgrn65, RN · Jun 22, 2006

IT is a heart monitor that isn't hooked directly into a bedside monitor the patient can walk in the hallways of the nursing unit, and be monitored at a central location, it is usually someones job to watch the monitors.

justavolunteer · Jun 22, 2006

I'm not a nurse (see user name) but I can explain 'telemetry'. It just means data or information transmitted to a remote location by wireless transmission. For example, the space shuttle goes into orbit, or in the past, people went to the moon. All kinds of data about the spaceships were sent back to Earth. That's 'telemetry'. In U.S. hospitals, pts. on cardiac units often wear wireless heart monitors. They can be moved around the hospital (to x-ray, for example) and their heart will still be monitored. The signal goes to a computer at the nurses' station. This may trigger an alarm if something goes wrong. Also, someone may just sit there & monitor the computer screen to watch for trouble.

grambograham · Jun 25, 2006

Just as the others said. Telemetry is hooking the patient up to an EKG of some sort and having that attached to a radio transmitter which can be read in a central location. Most likely the CCU or ICU.

dragonflyRN · Jul 17, 2006

Telemetry units vary. Yes...involves a heart monitor. Some more watched than others. I personally work on 2. One requires me to read strips every 4 hours and prn, the other is once a 12 hour shift. A joke....but not a cardiac unit...more a dumping ground.

NeuroMedic · Jul 17, 2006

well, now days it is triple blowfish military grade encryption over an

802.11g wifi network; as the unencrypted streams run the risk of interference

via another device around the same TE11 cutoff frequency. Also; the 802.11g; if the network is configured correctly with routers and repeaters

in place, will allow the pt data to be sent from anywhere within the hospital

even if it is a 25 story hospital and they are 20 Floors up. Alot of systems

don't use Blowfish; but I build my software to triple that of Military Standards

as HIPAA rides our backs and the standard AES Encryption can be hacked

in a matter of minutes via a strategic mathematical algorithm used to break

the cipher shift.

ZASHAGALKA, RN · Jul 17, 2006

well, now days it is triple blowfish military grade encryption over an
802.11g wifi network; as the unencrypted streams run the risk of interference
via another device around the same TE11 cutoff frequency. Also; the 802.11g; if the network is configured correctly with routers and repeaters
in place, will allow the pt data to be sent from anywhere within the hospital
even if it is a 25 story hospital and they are 20 Floors up. Alot of systems
don't use Blowfish; but I build my software to triple that of Military Standards
as HIPAA rides our backs and the standard AES Encryption can be hacked
in a matter of minutes via a strategic mathematical algorithm used to break
the cipher shift.

Showoff.

:smokin:

~faith,

Timothy.

NeuroMedic · Jul 18, 2006

Showoff.

Future Identity Theft Victim

nyforlove · Jul 27, 2006

Wow--Thanks for all the info--I wasn't the original "ask-er," but as a student nurse, I still wasn't sure what "telemetry" meant...AllNurses.com strikes again w/wonderful assistance :)

well, now days it is triple blowfish military grade encryption over an
802.11g wifi network; as the unencrypted streams run the risk of interference
via another device around the same TE11 cutoff frequency. Also; the 802.11g; if the network is configured correctly with routers and repeaters
in place, will allow the pt data to be sent from anywhere within the hospital
even if it is a 25 story hospital and they are 20 Floors up. Alot of systems
don't use Blowfish; but I build my software to triple that of Military Standards
as HIPAA rides our backs and the standard AES Encryption can be hacked
in a matter of minutes via a strategic mathematical algorithm used to break
the cipher shift.