HealthTech May 4, 2023
A scarcity of trained doctors has necessitated connecting patients in intensive care units with offsite medical experts.
The military is modernizing its systems for telehealth by implementing telecritical care programs that enable 24/7 monitoring of critically ill patients.
The program equips intensive care unit rooms with telehealth technologies, allowing care providers to remotely monitor patients in real time and provide remote support to onsite medical staff.
Col. David De Blasio, chief of medicine at Womack Army Medical Center, says a lack of trained staff — his facility currently has just one pulmonary doctor — has underscored the value of connecting onsite patients to offsite medical experts.
“It gives us after-hours and weekend ICU expertise and consultation that otherwise would not...
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