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ICU telemedicine programs bring essential critical care to community hospitals

Sound Physicians

Alleviating overwhelm for clinicians and patients Critically ill patients who are admitted to a community hospital that isn’t resourced for ICU treatment often have to wait for care, and in many of the cases we see, timeliness matters to the outcome.

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Using technology to reclaim our time

Today's Hospitalist

Since the mid-1990s, our capacity for innovation has never stopped as hospitalists navigate a complex landscape of acute illnesses, interprofessional collaborations and the imperative to provide efficient, high-quality care. Metrics for assessing physician activity using electronic health record log data. References: 1. RAISE Health.

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Telemedicine in a Post-Pandemic World: Joe Rotella, Brooke Calton, Carly Zapata

GeriPal

One positive change that came about was the lifting of restrictions around the use of telemedicine. Clinicians could care for patients across state lines, could prescribe opioids without in person visits, could bill at higher rates for telemedicine than previous to the pandemic. The pandemic was horrific in many ways. Joe: Right.