Perspectives on the Electronic ICU

ICU Director

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 64-69

  Ahn, Young ^a   Jasmer, Robert M ^a,b   Shaughnessy, Thomas ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Mills Peninsula Health Services   (United States)

^c SUTTER HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

intensive care; patient safety; remote monitoring; telemedicine

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CURRENT PROCEDURAL TERMINOLOGY; ELECTRONIC INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL LIABILITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84869239984     PISSN: 19444516     EISSN: 19444524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1944451612440721     Document Type: Review

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