Greater Collaboration Between Remote Intensivists and on-Site Clinicians Improves Best Practice Compliance.

The impact of a tele-ICU on provider attitudes about teamwork and safety climate

“…Greater collaboration between remote intensivists and on-site ICU providers may enhance compliance with best practices and quality indicators in the ICU 25 26. These activities could also lead to more positive responses to the safety climate items such as, “I would feel safe being treated here as a patient”.…”

Tele-ICU: Experience To Date

“…Increased partnership has been reported to correlate with better adherence to best practice guidelines for the prevention of venous thrombosis and improved glycemic control. 16 Increased partnership has also been associated with larger reductions in days of mechanical ventilation in a study where acceptance of off-site support varied across hospitals supported by the same tele-ICU program. 17 Lilly and Thomas 19 Program Impact on Outcomes…”

Measuring tele-ICU impact: does it optimize quality outcomes for the critically ill patient?

“…Although health systems may invest millions of dollars in the tele‐ICU programme as a strategy to improve patient care quality, they would be naive to believe that the quality outcomes will improve without the acceptance and cooperation of the ICU team. Numerous articles and authors (Badawi 2006, Breslow 2007, Tang et al. 2007, Zapatochny Rufo 2007, Myers & Reed 2008, Lilly & Thomas 2010, Ries 2009, Zawada et al.…”