University of Mississippi Health Care

University of Mississippi Health Care Implements Philips VISICU eICU Program

Published in MD Week, January 8th, 2010

University of Mississippi Health Care (UMHC) announced its activation of the Philips VISICU eICU® Program to enhance care of the critically ill in rural communities of Mississippi. As the first health system in the region to implement the eICU Program, UMHC will serve as the lead resource for critical care across Mississippi.

UMHC is using the Philips VISICU eICU Program and its state-of-the-art clinical decision support and remote monitoring capability to connect off-site UMHC critical care physicians and nurses to ICU patients and their bedside care teams. The remote eICU team continuously monitors patient conditions to alert bedside staff of potential problems...

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Source: MD Week (2010-01-08)

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