Body Copy (Margin top - 20) Approximately 9% of hospitalized patients will experience an unexpected adverse event resulting in transfer to the intensive care unit and/or patient harm or death (1–4). Although serious events are rare, the consequences to patients and healthcare facilities are significant (5,6). Adverse events increase the cost of patient care and cause longer lengths of stay (5, 7, 8). In recent years, evidence has increased showing that determining which patients are at higher risk along with multiparameter continuous electronic monitoring can decrease patient harm and mortality as well as costs to the healthcare system (6,9). For each hour of delay in recognizing patient deterioration, the risk of death increases by 1.5% (10). The education of the healthcare team around identifying patients at higher risk as well as the use of continuous multiparameter monitoring (respiratory rate, pulse rate, blood pressure, temperature, ventilation, and oxygenation) has been found effective in early detection of patient deterioration and decreased number of patient transfers to a higher level of care (11–14). Identifying and monitoring only those patients most at risk can avoid nurses being alerted with false, annoying alarms which result in alarm fatigue as well as help

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The education of the healthcare team around identifying patients at higher risk as well as the use of continuous multiparameter monitoring (respiratory rate, pulse rate, blood pressure, temperature, ventilation, and oxygenation) has been found effective in early detection of patient deterioration and decreased number of patient transfers to a higher level of care (11–14). Identifying and monitoring only those patients most at risk can avoid nurses being alerted with false, annoying alarms which result in alarm fatigue as well as help

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