منابع مشابه
Telemedicine in the intensive care unit.
It is estimated if each hospital implemented intensivist physician staffing, approximately 55,000 lives and $4.3 billion dollars could be saved in the United States. However, there is a limited supply of new critical care specialists as teaching hospitals have decreased the size of critical care programs for financial reasons. Tele-ICU can be used to provide coverage in facilities that cannot s...
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BACKGROUND Intensive care unit telemedicine is an innovative approach to providing critical care services for a broad geographic area, but its success may depend on acceptance by bedside providers. OBJECTIVES To determine critical care nurses' attitudes toward and perceptions about the use of telemedicine in critical care. METHODS A total of 179 nurses in 3 critical care units in 2 universi...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Critical Care Clinics
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0749-0704
DOI: 10.1016/s0749-0704(19)30028-4