The Role of Telemedicine in Treating the Critically Ill

ICU Director

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 70-74

  Marcin, James P ^a   Marcin, Meghann ^a   Sadorra, Candace ^a   Dharmar, Madan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

critical care; eICU; intensive care unit; pediatrics; tele ICU; telemedicine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MORTALITY; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONALIZATION; TELEMEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEOCONFERENCING;

EID: 84869240312     PISSN: 19444516     EISSN: 19444524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1944451612439207     Document Type: Article

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