Electronic ICU

In eleven and a half years, electronic monitoring of ICU patients has demonstrated significant decreases in mortality rates, shorter lengths of stay, total margin increases of more than 100%, and a one year ROI.  So, why then do so few hospitals (fewer than 20%) employ this highly effective tool?  There probably are both good reasons and real reasons.  A general shortage of around-the-clock intensivists is one explanation, and training more intensivists is an expense that detracts from other “best practices” implementation.  A more convincing reason, though, is that ICU medicine requires a capital investment that mundane, revenue-generating “innovations” lack.  Conservative administrators prefer the taste of low-hanging fruit.             MORE

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