ICU Telemedicine Solutions

Clinics in Chest Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 401-407

  Fuhrman, Steven A ^a   Lilly, Craig M ^b  

^a SENTARA NORFOLK GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

eICU; Intensive care unit; Tele ICU; Telemedicine; Virtual medicine

Indexed keywords

AGING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST CONTROL; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; FATIGUE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTENSIVIST; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; NURSING SHORTAGE; PATIENT SAFETY; PERSONNEL SHORTAGE; PHYSICIAN SHORTAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TELEMEDICINE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84939652416     PISSN: 02725231     EISSN: 15578216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccm.2015.05.004     Document Type: Review

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