mHealth Intelligence April 4, 2024
New research reveals that telehealth-based critical care services did not reduce the odds of death among critically ill patients on mechanical ventilators.
Availability of telehealth-based critical care did not improve outcomes among patients receiving invasive mechanical ventilation, a new study reveals.
Published in the Journal of Critical Care, the study assessed whether the availability of tele-critical care affects outcomes among mechanically ventilated patients. The study authors note that invasive mechanical ventilation is among the most common and high-risk interventions for acute respiratory failure patients in the intensive care unit (ICU). However, many hospitals do not have in-person access to board-certified critical care physicians who can help improve outcomes among mechanically ventilated patients.
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