Telemedicine in the Intensive Care Unit: State of the Art

Critical Care Clinics

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 187-195

  Scurlock, Corey ^a   D'Ambrosio, Carolyn ^b  

^a Advanced ICU Care   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Checklists; Health care finances; Intensivist staffing; Quality improvement; Technology in medicine; Tele ICU

Indexed keywords

CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTENSIVIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH; REVIEW; TELEMEDICINE; WORK ENVIRONMENT; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MORTALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84925643409     PISSN: 07490704     EISSN: 15578232     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccc.2014.12.001     Document Type: Review

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