Telemedicine Implementation in COVID-19 ICU: Balancing Physical and Virtual Forms of Visibility.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This case study examines the implementation of inpatient telemedicine in COVID-19 intensive care units (ICUs) and explores the impact of shifting forms of visibility on the management of the unit, staff collaboration, and patient care.

Background

The COVID-19 crisis drove healthcare institutions to rapidly develop new models of care based on integrating digital technologies for remote care with transformations in the hospital-built environment. The Sheba Medical Center in Israel created COVID-19 ICUs in an underground structure with an open-ward layout and telemedicine control rooms to remotely supervise, communicate, and support the operations in the contaminated zones. One unit had a physical visual connection between the control room and the contaminated zone th

SUBMITTER: Pilosof NP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8212392 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature