The return on investment of implementing a continuous monitoring system in general medical-surgical units

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1862-1868

  Slight, Sarah P ^a,b   Franz, Calvin ^c   Olugbile, Michael ^a   Brown, Harvey V ^d   Bates, David W ^a,e   Zimlichman, Eyal ^a,f  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Eastern Research Group Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

cost benefit analysis; healthcare economics; hospitals; investment; monitoring; vital signs

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAPITAL; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; DECUBITUS; GENERAL MEDICAL SURGICAL UNIT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; LENGTH OF STAY; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; CALIFORNIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICES; ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; PRESSURE ULCER; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

COST SAVINGS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY, 300 TO 499; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOS ANGELES; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PRESSURE ULCER; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL;

EID: 84904736038     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000000340     Document Type: Article

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