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Arizona system kicks off new ICU technology

Staff Development Weekly: Insight on Evidence-Based Practice in Education, April 3, 2008

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An Arizona health system has instituted a remote ICU monitoring system to help lessen the burden on nurses and allow patients access to specialists who may not be in the same city . . . or even the same state.

The program, a video- and data-sharing system from iCare, is expected to assist nurses and physicians throughout Banner Health System by allowing specialists and clinicians at remote monitoring locations to track a patient's vital signs. The $8-million program also allows physicians to easily write medical orders and advise nurses. The monitoring occurs 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Officials at Banner Health (which has locations throughout the state) note that patients at facilities that participated in iCare's first year had mortality rates that were 42% lower than industry standards. However, officials note that the technology is meant to assist-rather than replace-on-site nurses and physicians.

Source: The Arizona Republic

Other articles of interest:

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Ventilator-associated pneumonia in ICUs linked to nursing shortage

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