Emergency department “boarders” are defined as patients who have been accepted for
admission into the hospital, yet remain in the emergency department while awaiting
a physical bed assignment. Intensive care unit (ICU) boarders in particular suffer
increased morbidity and mortality when compared to their counterparts who are immediately
admitted to an ICU bed. In some hospitals, telemedicine has been implemented in ICUs
to assist with shaffing shortages. This eICU model incorporates an intensivist team
consisting of specialized physicians and nurses who have access to the patient’s electronic
medical records and utilize a 2-way camera to care for patients. Researchers in this
study wanted to investigate how extending eICU telemedicine to the emergency department
would impact ICU patients being boarded in the ED.
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