Becker's Hospital Review

High rates of ICU use associated with more invasive procedures and higher costs

Hospitals with a high percentage of patients cared for in the intensive care unit are more likely to incur higher costs and perform more invasive procedures with no improvement in patient mortality ...
Becker's Hospital Review

ICU Hospitalist Model May Improve LOS, Infection Rates, Costs and Patient Satisfaction

Hospitalists in the intensive care unit may lead to lower hospital length of stay, duration on ventilators, catheter-associated bloodstream infections and healthcare costs, according to research ...
Kaleido Scope

UAB launches its first Tele-ICU expanded hospital in the state

“UAB Medicine has a longstanding partnership with Whitfield Regional Hospital, making it the ideal location to launch our first Tele-ICU expanded hospital,” said Steve Stigler, M.D., medical director ...
Los Angeles Times

‘Show up and share’: How one UCLA ICU helps patients and staff live with dying

Community is a nurse-led initiative in UCLA’s cardiothoracic intensive care unit that supports patients, their families and unit staff during the dying process. It gives nursing staff tools to care ...
Reuters

Colombian senator Uribe had procedures on head, thigh, is in ICU-hospial

BOGOTA, June 8 (Reuters) - The Santa Fe Foundation hospital where Colombian Senator Miguel Uribe was treated after he was shot on Saturday, said in a Sunday statement he had procedures on his head and ...