A New Era in the ICU: The case for telemedicine

Critical Care Nursing Quarterly

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 316-321

  Yeo, Will ^a   Ahrens, Susan L Grass ^b   Wright, Tim ^a  

^a InTouch Health   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

Author keywords

decentralized monitoring; physicians; remote presence; technology; tele ICU; telemedicine

Indexed keywords

ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; TELECONSULTATION; TELEMEDICINE; WORKLOAD;

CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; TELEMEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866024162     PISSN: 08879303     EISSN: 15505111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CNQ.0b013e318266bbff     Document Type: Article

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