Editing Telemetry (section)

===Medicine/healthcare===
Telemetry is used for patients ([[biotelemetry]]) who are at risk of abnormal [[heart]] activity, generally in a [[coronary care unit]]. Telemetry specialists are sometimes used to [[monitoring (medicine)|monitor]] many patients within a hospital.<ref name="pmid25746509">{{cite journal |last1=Segall |first1=N|last2=Hobbs|first2=Gene|last3=Granger |first3=CB|last4=Anderson |first4=AE|last5=Bonifacio |first5=AS|last6=Taekman|first6=JM|last7=Wright |first7=MC |title=Patient load effects on response time to critical arrhythmias in cardiac telemetry: a randomized trial |journal=Critical Care Medicine |volume=43 |issue=5 |pages=1036–42 |year=2015 |pmid=25746509 |pmc=6226252 |doi=10.1097/CCM.0000000000000923 }}</ref> Such patients are outfitted with measuring, recording and transmitting devices. A data log can be useful in [[cardiology diagnostic tests and procedures|diagnosis]] of the patient's condition by [[physician|doctor]]s.  An alerting function can alert [[nurse]]s if the patient is suffering from an acute (or dangerous) condition.

Systems are available in [[medical-surgical nursing]] for monitoring to rule out a heart condition, or to monitor a response to [[antiarrhythmic medication]]s such as [[amiodarone]].

A new and emerging application for telemetry is in the field of neurophysiology, or neurotelemetry. [[Neurophysiology]] is the study of the central and peripheral nervous systems through the recording of bioelectrical activity, whether spontaneous or stimulated.  In neurotelemetry (NT) the [[electroencephalogram]] (EEG) of a patient is monitored remotely by a registered EEG technologist using advanced communication software.  The goal of neurotelemetry is to recognize a decline in a patient's condition before physical signs and symptoms are present.

Neurotelemetry is synonymous with [[Long-term video-EEG monitoring|real-time continuous video EEG monitoring]] and has application in the epilepsy monitoring unit, neuro ICU, pediatric ICU and newborn ICU.  Due to the labor-intensive nature of continuous EEG monitoring NT is typically done in the larger academic teaching hospitals using in-house programs that include R.EEG Technologists, IT support staff, neurologist and neurophysiologist and monitoring support personnel.

Modern microprocessor speeds, software algorithms and video data compression allow hospitals to centrally record and monitor continuous digital EEGs of multiple critically ill patients simultaneously.

Neurotelemetry and continuous EEG monitoring provides dynamic information about brain function that permits early detection of changes in neurologic status, which is especially useful when the clinical examination is limited.