Contributions of tele-intensive care unit (Tele-ICU) technology to quality of care and patient safety

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 315.e1-315.e12

  Khunlertkit, Adjhaporn ^a,b   Carayon, Pascale ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical care; Human factors engineering; Remote ICU; SEIPS model of work system; Tele ICU; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CODING ALGORITHM; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTENT ANALYSIS; DRUG SAFETY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXTUBATION; FALLING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MORTALITY; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; PROCESS DESIGN; PROCESS TECHNOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REMOTE SENSING; RISK REDUCTION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TELEMEDICINE; VIDEORECORDING;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84876831484     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: 15578615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2012.10.005     Document Type: Article

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