ICU Telemedicine Reduces Interhospital ICU Transfers in the Veterans Health Administration

Chest

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 69-76

  Fortis, Spyridon ^a,b   Sarrazin, Mary V ^a,b   Beck, Brice F ^a   Panos, Ralph J ^c,d   Reisinger, Heather S ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ICU telemedicine; interhospital transfers; mortality; tele ICU

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; VETERAN; VETERANS HEALTH;

AGED; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PATIENT TRANSFER; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; VETERANS HEALTH;

EID: 85048530734     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2018.04.021     Document Type: Article

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