Intensive-care medicine

Remote Care for ICUs – it’s happening already

By PAULINE W. CHEN, M.D. Published: January 7, 2010 For over a decade now, health care experts have been promoting telemedicine, or the use of satellite technology, video conferencing and data transfer through phones and the Internet, to connect doctors to patients in far-flung locales. But are doctors ready for this form of technology? Telemedicine [...]

Releasing Early Results – Predicting Hypotension

Today Avantrasara released some early results from the Avert-IT research project, showing the Bayesian Artificial Neural Network anticipating hypotensive episodes. It’s far too early to suggest these results prove anything but they are showing what we expected – which is very encouraging. The graphic on the right shows monitored BPm for a patient in intensive [...]

High Intensity ‘Intensivist Staffing’ Improves Patient Outcomes in ICU

According to an article published in the December 16th issue of Chest, numerous studies show that high-intensity intensivist staffing improves patient outcomes in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Chandler Regional Medical Center, a member of Catholic Healthcare West, is one of only four percent of hospitals nationwide to implement an intensivist physician staffing model, providing [...]

Remote monitoring program in ICU

When it comes to caring for patients in intensive care units, there are not enough doctors and nurses to go around. About 6,000 intensivists, physicians with advanced critical care certification, currently guide around-the-clock care for ICU patients. More than 30,000 are needed nationwide. To improve quality of care, hospitals are using a Philips VISICU eICU [...]

GE Healthcare’s New Tool to Help Manage Compliance

In no other care area patients need such a dedicated surveillance, care and treatment than in intensive care units (ICUs). Medical staff working in this care environment has to fulfill special requirements in order to be prepared for all eventualities. Only one error can make a big difference to patient outcome. GE Healthcare presents at [...]

Another Question Answered « AVERT-IT

Among the most critical events that occur in intensive care units (ICUs), acute hypotensive episodes require effective, prompt intervention. Left untreated, such episodes may result in irreversible organ damage and death

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