An Electronic Intensive Care Unit (eICU) is a form of telemedicine that uses state of the art technology to provide an additional layer of critical care service. An eICU may also be referred to as a tele-ICU.

An eICU support center can provide care to patients in multiple hospitals. The objective of an eICU initiative is to optimize clinical expertise and facilitate 24-hour-a-day care by ICU caregivers, whether the caregivers are down the hall from the patient that's being monitored or in another city.

Two-way cameras, video monitors, microphones and smart alarms connected by high speed data lines provide eICU caregivers, who are called intensivists, with real-time patient data around the clock. Intensivists can also communicate with on-site caregivers through dedicated telephone lines.

Benefits for Patients

• Able to stay & get treated in peripheral set-ups more often
• Avoid expensive/dangerous transfers
• Geography/Weather Challenges

Benefits for Hospitals

• Lower mortality (50-60%)
• Fewer complications (30-40%)
• Better bed utilization - Reduced ALOS (30%)
• Better patient care : real time, 24/7
• Extended Horizons

Benefits for Staff on Site

• E-ICU advises clinicians to important trends and changes in the patient's condition, enabling more proactive care with fewer complications
• Physician/Nursing Satisfaction
• Information Center Only a phone call away

Extending benefits beyond the health system

• Outreach enables leveraging referral patterns
• Generating new revenue streams & increasing market penetration
• Electronic Medical Records Solution enable the extension of benefits that could not realize them otherwise e.g.
  • Solidify market dominance
  • Create market insulation
  • Improve marker awareness
  • Enhance reputation
  • Leverage existing infrastructure, procedure & practices
  • Expand geographic footprints
  • Help unaffiliated healthcare entities improve performance & save more lives