The lack of around-the-clock ICU coverage and a shortage of intensivists is a pressing issue for many community hospitals, particularly those that are mid-size
A new report that outlines the potential care delivery improvements and cost savings of telemedicine might also be a road map to increased efficiency for hospitalists, according to one of the study's authors and a former SHM president.
In this article…
Discover the quality improvements and revenue
increases that officials at a hospital in Missouri credit
to the implementation of a tele-intensivist program in
the ICU.
There is no doubt the move from clinical practice and bedside nursing to management represents a significant change - and requires different skills. Here are seven tips for new managers that can help make the transition a smooth one.
Transfers to the intensive care unit (ICU) that occur within 24 hours of presentation at the emergency department (ED) are primarily the result of a worsening of the initial condition or the development of a new problem.
You may not know it, but every day and night critical care doctors and nurses are helping save lives from across town -- or even across the country -- through the emerging technology of critical care telemedicine or the "virtual ICU."