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LVH in Detail
24/7 Care When You Need it Most
Eye in the Sky For Critical Care
People
with the most serious injuries or illnesses receive care in our
Intensive Care Units (ICUs). Filled with state-of-the-art equipment,
our ICUs are staffed by critical care nurses and specially educated
physicians, called intensivists. Unfortunately, they can't be in every
room at the same time…that is, until now.
From a high-tech, off-site control room, critical care intensivists and
nurses monitor patients at different hospitals and ICUs throughout the
night, thus assuring the highest level of care 24/7. The
tele-intensivist program, or Advanced ICU, uses high-resolution
audio/visual systems that allow our intensivists to see the patient and
talk with other doctors, nurses and families in the patient's room.
One of the industry's most advanced electronic charting systems
automatically captures and transmits data from bedside monitors and
equipment to the tele-intensivist control room, miles away.
Customizable "events" alert our intensivists to serious changes in the
patient's condition so they can act immediately to address the problem.
The electronic charting system also eliminates much of the bedside
paperwork, freeing caregivers to spend more time with patients.
Tele-intensivists do not replace bedside care, since we continue to
have the same number of physicians and critical care nurses at the
bedside. Instead, it provides an added and higher layer of care to help
detect problems earlier and provide faster treatment. This, in turn,
reduces complications, shortens hospital stays and saves lives.
This page last updated 2/12/08 04:08 PM
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People
with the most serious injuries or illnesses receive care in our
Intensive Care Units (ICUs). Filled with state-of-the-art equipment,
our ICUs are staffed by critical care nurses and specially educated
physicians, called intensivists. Unfortunately, they can't be in every
room at the same time…that is, until now.
