The Initial Impact of Tele-Critical Care on the Surgical Services of a Community Military Hospital

Military Medicine

Volumn 183, Issue 11-12, 2018, Pages E494-E499

  Van Gent, Jan Michael ^a   Davis, Konrad L ^a   Henry, Nichole ^b   Zander, Ashley L ^a   Kuettel, Matthew A ^b   Edson, Theodore ^b   Nelson, Thomas J ^b   Tadlock, Matthew D ^b  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b LAC+USC Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

intensive care unit; military; surgical critical care; tele critical care; telemedicine

Indexed keywords

AGED; APACHE; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TELEMEDICINE; TRENDS;

AGED; APACHE; CALIFORNIA; CRITICAL CARE; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, MILITARY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 85057569706     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: 1930613X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/usy051     Document Type: Article

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