A study of an academic medical center showed tele-ICU interventions led to lowered risk of hospital mortality, length of stay and preventable complications, according to research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
For their study, researchers evaluated outcomes of nearly 6,300 patients admitted to seven ICUs at an 834-bed academic medical center over a five-month time period. The researchers compared outcomes of ICU patients before and after tele-ICU interventions were implemented.
Results from their analysis showed hospital mortality rate dropped to 11.8 percent after tele-ICU interventions were implemented, from 13.6 percent in the pre-intervention period. Tele-ICU interventions also lowered preventable complications from 13 percent to 1.6 percent for ventilator-associated pneumonia and from 1 percent to 0.6 percent for catheter-related bloodstream infection. The academic medical center also experienced lower hospital length of stay after implementing interventions, down to 9.8 days from 13.3 days.
Researchers also found tele-ICU interventions led to higher rates of adherence to best clinical practices for a variety of conditions, including deep vein thrombosis and prevention of stress ulcers.
Read the study about tele-ICU interventions.
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For their study, researchers evaluated outcomes of nearly 6,300 patients admitted to seven ICUs at an 834-bed academic medical center over a five-month time period. The researchers compared outcomes of ICU patients before and after tele-ICU interventions were implemented.
Results from their analysis showed hospital mortality rate dropped to 11.8 percent after tele-ICU interventions were implemented, from 13.6 percent in the pre-intervention period. Tele-ICU interventions also lowered preventable complications from 13 percent to 1.6 percent for ventilator-associated pneumonia and from 1 percent to 0.6 percent for catheter-related bloodstream infection. The academic medical center also experienced lower hospital length of stay after implementing interventions, down to 9.8 days from 13.3 days.
Researchers also found tele-ICU interventions led to higher rates of adherence to best clinical practices for a variety of conditions, including deep vein thrombosis and prevention of stress ulcers.
Read the study about tele-ICU interventions.
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