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Robotic telepresence in the intensive care unit.

Year: 2005

Type: article

Abstract: Providing timely expertise in the care of critically ill patients is one of the main goals of critical care medicine [1]. This is a challenging goal, given the acknowledged shortage of intensive care specialists [2]. It requires the bedside nurse to have real-time access to senior level intensive care physicians, and conversely it requires the intensivist to have access to the intensive care unit (ICU). The strategic use of information technology (IT) has become one of the important features of modern critical care. IT applications offer the promise of improving patient care, physician efficiency, and patient outcomes [3,4]. Many IT applications and devices are presently in use, including handheld personal digital assistant (PDA) devices with wireless access, internet accessible electronic medical records systems, and digital teleconferencing. These various

Source: Critical Care

DOI: 10.1186/cc3743

Author: Paul Vespa

Institution: University of California, Los Angeles

Language: English

Topic: Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $4,190