Introduction
Tele-intensive care units (T-ICU) aim at making available critical care capabilities remotely, using technology. Worldwide, there is an acute shortage of intensivists. Concurrently there has been an unprecedented, exponential growth of audio-visual communication and monitoring systems. Distance has become meaningless. The COVID pandemic has demonstrated that bridging the urban–rural health divide in critical care is eminently doable. With 15% of ICU beds in the United States participating in telemedicine programs, tele-critical care (TCC) seems to have come of age. 123 Global TeleICU market will reach USD 7.39 billion by 2027. 4 An intensivist in a Telemedicine-enabled “command center” can remotely monitor patients in smaller suburban or rural areas. 5 Tele-intensivists providing care from points of convenience (eg, home, office mobile devices), rather than from a centralized hub, have the highest impact. 6 T-ICU’s have reduced expenditure, ICU/ventilator days, and mortality, improving care, quality, and safety. 7 Reports from India demonstrate that T-ICU is no longer confined to developed countries
Introduction
Tele-intensive care units (T-ICU) aim at making available critical care capabilities remotely, using technology. Worldwide, there is an acute shortage of intensivists. Concurrently there has been an unprecedented, exponential growth of audio-visual communication and monitoring systems. Distance has become meaningless. The COVID pandemic has demonstrated that bridging the urban–rural health divide in critical care is eminently doable. With 15% of ICU beds in the United States participating in telemedicine programs, tele-critical care (TCC) seems to have come of age. 123 Global TeleICU market will reach USD 7.39 billion by 2027. 4 An intensivist in a Telemedicine-enabled “command center” can remotely monitor patients in smaller suburban or rural areas. 5 Tele-intensivists providing care from points of convenience (eg, home, office mobile devices), rather than from a centralized hub, have the highest impact. 6 T-ICU’s have reduced expenditure, ICU/ventilator days, and mortality, improving care, quality, and safety. 7 Reports from India demonstrate that T-ICU is no longer confined to developed countries
Introduction
Tele-intensive care units (T-ICU) aim at making available critical care capabilities remotely, using technology. Worldwide, there is an acute shortage of intensivists. Concurrently there has been an unprecedented, exponential growth of audio-visual communication and monitoring systems. Distance has become meaningless. The COVID pandemic has demonstrated that bridging the urban–rural health divide in critical care is eminently doable. With 15% of ICU beds in the United States participating in telemedicine programs, tele-critical care (TCC) seems to have come of age. 123 Global TeleICU market will reach USD 7.39 billion by 2027. 4 An intensivist in a Telemedicine-enabled “command center” can remotely monitor patients in smaller suburban or rural areas. 5 Tele-intensivists providing care from points of convenience (eg, home, office mobile devices), rather than from a centralized hub, have the highest impact. 6 T-ICU’s have reduced expenditure, ICU/ventilator days, and mortality, improving care, quality, and safety. 7 Reports from India demonstrate that T-ICU is no longer confined to developed countries
Introduction
Tele-intensive care units (T-ICU) aim at making available critical care capabilities remotely, using technology. Worldwide, there is an acute shortage of intensivists. Concurrently there has been an unprecedented, exponential growth of audio-visual communication and monitoring systems. Distance has become meaningless. The COVID pandemic has demonstrated that bridging the urban–rural health divide in critical care is eminently doable. With 15% of ICU beds in the United States participating in telemedicine programs, tele-critical care (TCC) seems to have come of age. 123 Global TeleICU market will reach USD 7.39 billion by 2027. 4 An intensivist in a Telemedicine-enabled “command center” can remotely monitor patients in smaller suburban or rural areas. 5 Tele-intensivists providing care from points of convenience (eg, home, office mobile devices), rather than from a centralized hub, have the highest impact. 6 T-ICU’s have reduced expenditure, ICU/ventilator days, and mortality, improving care, quality, and safety. 7 Reports from India demonstrate that T-ICU is no longer confined to developed countries
Introduction
Tele-intensive care units (T-ICU) aim at making available critical care capabilities remotely, using technology. Worldwide, there is an acute shortage of intensivists. Concurrently there has been an unprecedented, exponential growth of audio-visual communication and monitoring systems. Distance has become meaningless. The COVID pandemic has demonstrated that bridging the urban–rural health divide in critical care is eminently doable. With 15% of ICU beds in the United States participating in telemedicine programs, tele-critical care (TCC) seems to have come of age. 123 Global TeleICU market will reach USD 7.39 billion by 2027. 4 An intensivist in a Telemedicine-enabled “command center” can remotely monitor patients in smaller suburban or rural areas. 5 Tele-intensivists providing care from points of convenience (eg, home, office mobile devices), rather than from a centralized hub, have the highest impact. 6 T-ICU’s have reduced expenditure, ICU/ventilator days, and mortality, improving care, quality, and safety. 7 Reports from India demonstrate that T-ICU is no longer confined to developed countries
Introduction
Tele-intensive care units (T-ICU) aim at making available critical care capabilities remotely, using technology. Worldwide, there is an acute shortage of intensivists. Concurrently there has been an unprecedented, exponential growth of audio-visual communication and monitoring systems. Distance has become meaningless. The COVID pandemic has demonstrated that bridging the urban–rural health divide in critical care is eminently doable. With 15% of ICU beds in the United States participating in telemedicine programs, tele-critical care (TCC) seems to have come of age. 123 Global TeleICU market will reach USD 7.39 billion by 2027. 4 An intensivist in a Telemedicine-enabled “command center” can remotely monitor patients in smaller suburban or rural areas. 5 Tele-intensivists providing care from points of convenience (eg, home, office mobile devices), rather than from a centralized hub, have the highest impact. 6 T-ICU’s have reduced expenditure, ICU/ventilator days, and mortality, improving care, quality, and safety. 7 Reports from India demonstrate that T-ICU is no longer confined to developed countries
Introduction
Tele-intensive care units (T-ICU) aim at making available critical care capabilities remotely, using technology. Worldwide, there is an acute shortage of intensivists. Concurrently there has been an unprecedented, exponential growth of audio-visual communication and monitoring systems. Distance has become meaningless. The COVID pandemic has demonstrated that bridging the urban–rural health divide in critical care is eminently doable. With 15% of ICU beds in the United States participating in telemedicine programs, tele-critical care (TCC) seems to have come of age. 123 Global TeleICU market will reach USD 7.39 billion by 2027. 4 An intensivist in a Telemedicine-enabled “command center” can remotely monitor patients in smaller suburban or rural areas. 5 Tele-intensivists providing care from points of convenience (eg, home, office mobile devices), rather than from a centralized hub, have the highest impact. 6 T-ICU’s have reduced expenditure, ICU/ventilator days, and mortality, improving care, quality, and safety. 7 Reports from India demonstrate that T-ICU is no longer confined to developed countries
Introduction
Tele-intensive care units (T-ICU) aim at making available critical care capabilities remotely, using technology. Worldwide, there is an acute shortage of intensivists. Concurrently there has been an unprecedented, exponential growth of audio-visual communication and monitoring systems. Distance has become meaningless. The COVID pandemic has demonstrated that bridging the urban–rural health divide in critical care is eminently doable. With 15% of ICU beds in the United States participating in telemedicine programs, tele-critical care (TCC) seems to have come of age. 123 Global TeleICU market will reach USD 7.39 billion by 2027. 4 An intensivist in a Telemedicine-enabled “command center” can remotely monitor patients in smaller suburban or rural areas. 5 Tele-intensivists providing care from points of convenience (eg, home, office mobile devices), rather than from a centralized hub, have the highest impact. 6 T-ICU’s have reduced expenditure, ICU/ventilator days, and mortality, improving care, quality, and safety. 7 Reports from India demonstrate that T-ICU is no longer confined to developed countries
