Impact of an intensive care unit telemedicine program on patient outcomes in an integrated health care system

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 174, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1160-1167

  Nassar, Boulos S ^a,b   Vaughan Sarrazin, Mary S ^a,b   Jiang, Lan ^a   Reisinger, Heather S ^a,b   Bonello, Robert ^c   Cram, Peter ^b,d,e  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^c VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTENSIVIST; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONITORING; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84904102021     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.1503     Document Type: Article

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