Nighttime telecommunication between remote staff intensivists and bedside personnel in a pediatric intensive care unit: A retrospective study

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2700-2703

  Yager, Phoebe H ^a   Cummings, Brian M ^a   Whalen, Michael J ^a   Noviski, Natan ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

communication; critical care; pediatric intensive care unit; pediatrics; staffing models; telemedicine

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNICATION AID; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITALIZED CHILD; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; NEWBORN; NIGHT; NIGHTTIME TELEMEDICINE; PAGER; PARENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL DELEGATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; STAFF NURSE; TELEMEDICINE; TELEPHONE; VOICE;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADOLESCENT; AFTER-HOURS CARE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HOSPITALISTS; HUMANS; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; MALE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; QUALITY CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84865519698     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3182591dab     Document Type: Article

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