Post-discharge Care Using Telemedicine: Pre-pandemic vs. Pandemic Care

Post-discharge Care Using Telemedicine: Pre-pandemic vs. Pandemic Care

Expansion of virtual post-discharge visits to include all patients and telephone calls did not negatively impact rates of 30-day post-discharge hospital encounters. Offering tele-health options for post-discharge follow-up... read more

Telemedicine in the ICU

Telemedicine in the ICU

This text provides a concise, yet comprehensive overview of telemedicine in the ICU. The first part of the book reviews common issues faced by practitioners and hospital administrators in implementing and managing tele-ICU... read more

Virtual Handover of Patients in the PICU During the COVID-19 Crisis

Virtual Handover of Patients in the PICU During the COVID-19 Crisis

Video-conferencing applications for online handovers could supplement traditional face-to-face intensive care unit patient handover during outbreaks of infectious diseases. The use of video streaming and more emphasis on... read more

Health Systems Successfully Leverage Tele-ICU During Pandemic and Intend to Continue

Health Systems Successfully Leverage Tele-ICU During Pandemic and Intend to Continue

Help during the pandemic for overwhelmed, overworked intensive care unit (ICU) nurses at some health systems came in the form of experienced tele-ICU nurses working remotely to support on-site colleagues as they cared for... read more

Critical Care Administration: A Comprehensive Clinical Guide

Critical Care Administration: A Comprehensive Clinical Guide

This book provides a state-of-the-art overview on critical care administration. The text reviews important aspects and considerations involved in developing an efficient, cost-effective critical care program, while maintaining... read more

Effects of Telemedicine ICU Intervention on Care Standardization and Patient Outcomes

Effects of Telemedicine ICU Intervention on Care Standardization and Patient Outcomes

In this pre-post observational study, telemedicine ICU intervention was associated with improvements in care standardization and decreases in ICU and hospital mortality and length of stay. The mortality benefits were mediated... read more

Hospitals Turn to Remote Monitoring Tools to Free Up Beds for the Sickest COVID-19 Patients

Hospitals Turn to Remote Monitoring Tools to Free Up Beds for the Sickest COVID-19 Patients

Desperate to free up beds for only the sickest COVID-19 patients, hospitals nationwide are weighing the use of new technologies to monitor patients from their homes. Physicians at several hospitals said their discussions... read more

New Technology Gives Parents Virtual Face Time With Their Hospitalized Children

New Technology Gives Parents Virtual Face Time With Their Hospitalized Children

The pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) team at the University of Maryland Children's Hospital (UMCH) is offering a new way for families to interact with their child and the medical team when they can’t be there in person. PICU... read more

Critical Care Telemedicine: A Management Fad or the Future of ICU Practice?

Critical Care Telemedicine: A Management Fad or the Future of ICU Practice?

Critical care telemedicine is a potential solution to the scarcity of critical care expertise, while quality and safe care can also be promoted through off-site surveillance, early warning capabilities, clinical decision... read more

Irwin and Rippe’s Intensive Care Medicine

Irwin and Rippe’s Intensive Care Medicine

With a focus on evidence-based, state-of-the-art information throughout, the eighth edition of Irwin and Rippe's Intensive Care Medicine offers authoritative guidance to the wide variety of specialty physicians and non-physicians... read more

Intensive Care Unit Telemedicine, An Issue of Critical Care Clinics

Intensive Care Unit Telemedicine, An Issue of Critical Care Clinics

This issue of Critical Care Clinics, edited by Dr. Kianoush Kashani in collaboration with Consulting Editor Dr. John Kellum, is focused on Intensive Care Unit Telemedicine. Topics in this issue include: ICU telemedicine... read more

The Role of the Physician Assistant in Critical Care

The Role of the Physician Assistant in Critical Care

Since inception in the mid-1960s, the Physician Assistant (PA) profession has grown to become an integral part of healthcare delivery. As the name implies, PAs were historically seen as assistants to the physician, helping... read more

Telehealth and Patient Outcomes

Telehealth and Patient Outcomes

Ranjit Deshpande, MD, and Donna Lee Armaignac, PhD, APRN, CCNS, CCRN, discuss maximizing positive patient care outcomes through telemedicine. Dr. Armaignac presented on this topic at the Society's 48th Critical Care Congress.... read more

Holographic Telepresence  – Taking Trauma Care to the Next Level

Holographic Telepresence  – Taking Trauma Care to the Next Level

Advancing technology is all set to bring in a new era of highly-realistic holographic Telepresence. Throughout the history of science fiction and video gaming, we've seen holograms come in various shapes and sizes. Today,... read more