Improving ECG Services at a Children’s Hospital: Implementation of a Digital ECG System

Table 1

Summary of results.

	Predigital; mean ± standard deviation	Postdigital; mean ± standard deviation	value
ECGs interpreted per month	53 ± 16	216 ± 37	<0.001
Billing time (days)	21 ± 27	12 ± 5	<0.001
Monthly admissions in CHAM	673 ± 53	675 ± 46	0.92
Monthly ambulatory pediatric visits	3,560 ± 287	3,388 ± 302	0.22
Monthly pediatric cardiology inpatient volumes	37.9 ± 6.6	40.1 ± 9.3	0.23