Clinical outcomes after telemedicine intensive care unit implementation

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 450-454

  Willmitch, Beth ^a   Golembeski, Susan ^b   Kim, Sandy S ^c   Nelson, Loren D ^d   Gidel, Louis ^a  

^a EICU LifeGuard   (United States)

^b Center for Research and Grants   (United States)

^c Stat Support Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

ICU outcomes; tele ICU; telemedicine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TELEMEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TELEMEDICINE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84856144211     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e318232d694     Document Type: Article

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