Intensive care unit telemedicine: Alternate paradigm for providing continuous intensivist care
Critical Care MedicinePublished 1 December 2000
Brian A. Rosenfeld, Todd Dorman, Michael J. Breslow, Peter J. Pronovost, Mollie W. Jenckes, Nancy R. Zhang
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This intervention’s success suggests that remote care programs may provide a means of improving quality of care and reducing costs when on-site intensivist coverage is not available and technology-enabled remote care can be used to provide continuous ICU patient management and to achieve improved clinical and economic outcomes.
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Technology-enabled remote care can be used to provide continuous ICU patient management and to achieve improved clinical and economic outcomes. This intervention's success suggests that remote care programs may provide a means of improving quality of care and reducing costs when on-site intensivist coverage is not available.
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