Fall 2006 Newsletter

Our People

Advanced ICU Care® names Mary Jo Gorman, M.D., MBA as CEO

Mary Jo Gorman joined Advanced ICU Care as chief executive officer, bringing an experienced hand in developing and growing healthcare companies to her new role. Previously, she served as chief medical officer for IPC-The Hospitalist Company, the largest provider of hospitalist services in the United States. Under her leadership, physician staff grew to 400 hospitalists across the country.

Dr. Gorman founded Inpatient Care Group in 1996, the first hospitalist practice in St. Louis, which merged with IPC in 1999. Dr. Gorman also founded and serves as president of Critical Care Services, Inc., providing around-the-clock intensivist services in-house at two community hospitals. She has practiced as an intensivist and a hospitalist, and has held numerous leadership positions at DePaul Health Center in St. Louis, including chairperson of Critical Care Medicine.

Tim Mayleben appointed to Advanced ICU Care'sboard of directors

Advanced ICU Care appointed Timothy M. Mayleben as an independent member of its board of directors, adding to the broad expertise of the company's directors and helping to sharpen its strategic focus.

With nearly 20 years experience in growing entrepreneurial companies, Mayleben is an advisor to life science and healthcare companies through his investment and advisory firm, ElMa Advisors. He also serves on several boards including Nighthawk Radiology Services (Nasdaq: NHWK). Previously, Mayleben served as chief operating officer of Esperion Therapeutics, which was acquired by Pfizer in 2004 and is now a division of Pfizer Global Research and Development.

Mayleben joins current directors Mary Jo Gorman, M.D.; David Schopp, president and COO of Advanced ICU Care; Tim Peterson, managing partner of Arboretum Ventures; and Bruce Quade, managing director at Catalyst Capital Management.

Advanced ICU Care nurses work towards 100% CCRN® certification

Advanced ICU Care is proud of its nurses, who are quickly working towards becoming 100% CCRN-certified. The 15-member team expects to be fully certified by the first quarter of 2007, a distinction held by few nursing staffs. CCRN-certified nurses have the advanced knowledge necessary to care for the complex needs of acute and critically ill patients. This certification, demonstrating a tremendous level of expertise in critical care medicine, reflects the dedication of Advanced ICU Care's nurses to their chosen specialty. Averaging 20 years experience in critical care nursing, Advanced ICU Care nurses provide top-notch clinical skills as well as ongoing guidance and support for the local bedside nurses.

Advanced ICU Care adds Diane Asmus as Administrative Assistant

Diane Asmus joined Advanced ICU Care as an administrative assistant, providing administrative support to the company's management team. Prior to her current role, Asmus served as an administrative assistant for the information technology department at Citigroup. She has nearly 20 years experience in administrative support.

Our Hospital Partners

St. Mary's and Saint Clare's eICUs® outperform in patient care and safety measures

Our hospital partners' eICUs performed as well or better than other eICU facilities in nearly all of the seven major ICU performance benchmark criteria. Key to their performance is the implementation of clear clinical processes, as well as the focus, collaboration and patient-centered communication between the local bedside staff and the Advanced ICU Care intensivists and nurses, led by Dr. Isabelle Kopec, vice president of clinical services; Dr. Dellice Dickhaus, eICU medical director; and Christi Longnecker, BSN, JD, CCRN, eICU nurse manager.

Parkview to use Advanced ICU Care's eICU program

Based upon a letter of intent, in December of 2006, Parkview Health System in Ft. Wayne, Indiana will begin using Advanced ICU Care's eICU program. The VISICU telecommunications technology is already in place at Parkview's five hospitals with 50 ICU beds in total in the respective ICUs, but to ensure around-the-clock patient care and monitoring and the highest standards in safety, Parkview will also utilize Advanced ICU Care's board-certified intensivists.

This brings to 72 the number of ICU patients cared for using Advanced ICU Care's eICU solution.

St. Mary's Health Center keeps nursing turnover in check 

The support that Advanced ICU Care provides is helping with nursing satisfaction and retention efforts at the hospital ICUs it monitors. While St. Mary's Health Center in Jefferson City, Missouri saw steady improvement in nursing turnover for the past two years, 2006 has been markedly different. Since the hospital began using the Advanced ICU Care eICU program in January of this year, year-to-date nursing turnover in the ICU decreased to 0%.

Saint Clare's Hospital named one of nation's 100 most wired hospitals

Saint Clare's Hospital secured a debut spot on Hospitals & Health Networks' 2006 list of the 100 Most Wired Hospitals and Health Systems, based on the results of the annual Most Wired Survey and Benchmarking Study. The survey asks hospitals to report how they use information technology to address five key areas: safety and quality, customer service, business processes, workforce, and public health and safety.

According to Hospital & Health Network's July cover story, the nation's 100 Most Wired hospitals and health systems are improving quality, streamlining processes and driving financial returns by investing in technology. Among other areas, the Most Wired facilities employ a broader set of telemedicine services. Saint Clare's Hospital first began using Advanced ICU Care's eICU solution in January of this year.

In the News

"Angela Chapman, RN, BSN, who has worked at St. Mary's for seven years, says she was wary of the eICU service at first, but has since found it to be a convenient resource.

'It's great to have somebody there [at Advanced ICU Care's eICU Operations Center] to call and say, "Do you see what I see?" You don't have to page anybody; you don't have to wait for anyone to call you back. They're [the eICU nurses] just sitting there waiting to help you.'" (HC Pro's Recruitment & Retention Monthy, September, 2006).

About Us

Advanced ICU Care is a medical service company that provides high-quality remote critical care to patients in the intensive care units (ICU) of community hospitals. Through a technology platform developed by VISICU, local hospital ICUs are linked with Advanced ICU Care's eICU® Operations Center in St. Louis, Missouri. This operations center is staffed by highly trained, board-certified intensivists (critical care medicine physicians) and critical care nurses who together have cared for more than 30,000 patients. Collectively, Advanced ICU Care's medical staff brings more than 75 years of clinical experience as well as expertise in hospital compliance initiatives, educational programs, and the development and implementation of protocol and care pathways.