Effect of a multiple-site intensive care unit telemedicine program on clinical and economic outcomes: An alternative paradigm for intensivist staffing

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 31-38

  Breslow, Michael J ^a,b   Rosenfeld, Brian A ^a,b   Doerfler, Martin ^a,d   Burke, Gene ^c   Yates, Gary ^c,e   Stone, David J ^a,f   Tomaszewicz, Paige ^g   Hochman, Rod ^c   Plocher, David W ^g  

^a VISICU   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^c SENTARA HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Eastern Virginia School of Medicine   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^g CAPGEMINI   (France)

Author keywords

Critical care; E health care; Intensivists; Medical economics; Remote consultation; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELECOMMUNICATION;

EID: 1642492914     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000104204.61296.41     Document Type: Article

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