Remote care by telemedicine in the ICU: Many models of care can be effective

Current Opinion in Critical Care

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 634-640

  Boots, Robert James ^a,b   Singh, Sunil ^c   Terblanche, Morne ^c   Widdicombe, Neil ^a,b   Lipman, Jeffery ^a,b  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care   (Australia)

Author keywords

critical care; intensive care unit; telemedicine

Indexed keywords

AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CONSULTATION; COST CONTROL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; NORTH AMERICA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; TELEMEDICINE;

CRITICAL ILLNESS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; QUEENSLAND; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 81155131809     PISSN: 10705295     EISSN: 15317072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCC.0b013e32834a789a     Document Type: Review

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