More than 5 million patients receive care in U.S. intensive care units (ICUs) each year, yet maintaining around-the-clock coverage has become even more difficult and expensive. Today, the ICU costs constitute a large portion of total hospital costs. While reports…
Hospitals stand to make between 1,800 to 6,000 dollars per day from each bed in an intensive care unit (ICU). That said, ICUs cost hospitals substantially more. Average ICU overhead costs are three times as expensive as other hospital daytime…
More than 5.7 million patients are treated in Intensive Care Units (ICUs) every year and when intensivists manage these patients, hospitals see a 40% reduction in mortality rates. This said, most hospitals cannot afford the staff required to serve patients…
When calculating each hospital’s readmission performance, hospital patient transfer is not the first thing that comes to mind. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) excludes patients with planned readmissions, left against medical advice or are immediately transferred to…
Tele-ICU companies, like Eagle, are responding to the physician shortage. The lack of critical care specialists, is straining hospitals across the country. An aging patient population, high-tech devices, and new diseases are compounding these challenges. This is certainly true for…
We’ve discussed in previous blog posts how changes in the provider population are creating opportunities for telemedicine. Because today’s dwindling supply of physicians places a greater premium on work-life balance than their forebears did, telemedicine answers a hospital’s ongoing challenge…
We’ve probably all heard the announcements by airline pilots warning that “we might encounter some turbulence” on the flight ahead. For the hospital industry—at least as far as the physician shortage is concerned—the announcements are long since over. We’re flying…
Telemedicine’s value to hospitals is demonstrated every day. In Emergency Departments (EDs), where stroke patients get the timely treatment they need in their local community hospitals without having to be transferred to a distant referral hospital. On the floor, where…
This same time last year I wrote about the growing acceptance of telemedicine, but in looking back at 2017, I believe “acceptance” is no longer the right word. It’s more accurate to say that hospitals, providers and patients are embracing…
Sometimes the most challenging part of implementing a telemedicine program is making the decision to start one. You might be familiar with other hospitals that use telemedicine successfully, but is it right for you? And what about others on your…