The Leapfrog Group www.leapfroggroup.org reports that only 47 percent of reporting hospitals meet the recommended standard for intensivists staffing in the ICU. To meet the needs for more efficient monitoring in the ICU, Advanced ICU Care www.advancedicucare.com serving more than 60 hospitals in 22 states on a 24/7 basis, recently launched their new census-variable telemetry offering.
This new service provides real-time monitoring of patients who are at risk for cardiac events, by a staff of remote team members certified as telemetry technicians. This service is not dependent on a specific vendor or technology selection.
Telemetry technicians monitor hospitalized patients’ heart functions, review alerts, and when clinically appropriate, collaborate with local physicians and nurses to identify and engage with patients requiring clinical attention.
Through advanced ICU Care’s telemetry services, the hospital eliminates the fixed costs of creating and managing local 24/7 patient monitoring, enhances the hospital’s ability to closely monitor patients in care areas that may have higher patient-to-nurse ratios, and avoids adding additional monitoring responsibilities to the hospital’s existing nursing staff.
On August 1, 2016, Self-Regional Healthcare www.sekfregional.org partnered with Advanced ICU Care and the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) www.muschealth.org to deliver monitoring by highly trained intensivist physicians and critical care specialists 24/7.
Advanced ICU Care’s and MUSC team of intensivists and critical care nurses work to complement the care provided by the Self Regional physicians. The program continuously monitors patient vital signs, medications, labs, and clinical status. Proactive data management tools are able to identify problems before they become urgent, prompting immediate intervention when necessary.