Christiana Care Health System Transforming Critical Care Delivery.BALTIMORE -- First in Delaware To Implement VISICU's eICU(R) Solution VISICU, Inc. announces that its eICU(R) solution will be implemented at Christiana Care Health System (Wilmington, DE) intensive care units later this year. This patented technology uses proprietary early warning software and remote monitoring (protocol) remote monitoring - (RMON) A network management protocol that allows network information to be gathered at a single computer. Whereas SNMP gathers network data from a single type of Management Information Base (MIB), RMON 1 defines nine additional MIBs that provide a to connect and provide off-site intensivists and critical care nurses with the data needed to proactively care for ICU ICU intensive care unit. ICU abbr. intensive care unit ICU see intensive care unit. ICU patients. Christiana Care's eICU program will provide a higher level of critical care for patients in the Delaware Valley The Delaware Valley is the name of the metropolitan area centered on the city of Philadelphia in the United States. The region is named for the Delaware River which flows through it. . "VISICU's eICU solution is cutting-edge technology that will be a great help to hospitals that provide critical care," says Robert J. Laskowski, M.D., President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Christiana Care Health System. "Christiana Care will be the first health system in Delaware to offer this safety net care for our sickest patients. It will help us be ever vigilant and enable us to act quickly to prevent complications." eICU technology, offered only through VISICU, enables hospitals to meet stringent patient care safety standards Safety standards are standards designed to ensure the safety of products, activities or processes, etc. They may be advisory or compulsory and are normally laid down by an advisory or regulatory body that may be either voluntary or statutory. and assures fundamental changes in hospital ICU care. The eICU solution allows hospitals to leverage its intensivist resources to care for an even larger number of patients simultaneously. The initial installation at Christiana Care will include 42 ICU beds at Christiana and Wilmington hospitals. Once the construction on the Christiana Hospital campus is complete, additional ICU beds will be linked to the eICU system for an initial total of 81 monitored beds. "The eICU solution combines advanced information technology with bedside care for the ultimate in critical care delivery," says Steve Hess, vice president and chief information officer at Christiana Care. "The eICU system is a great example of how technology can enable better care, help save lives and reduce costs simultaneously without replacing the human touch." "Christiana Care is a prestigious organization and the leading healthcare provider in Delaware serving the greater Delaware Valley," says Frank T. Sample, VISICU Chairman and CEO. "We are pleased with their decision to implement VISICU's eICU system for improved critical care delivery with lower mortality rates and hospital length-of-stay." About VISICU VISICU, Inc. is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. founded in 1998 by two intensivists from Johns Hopkins. A study of the patented eICU system published in Critical Care Medicine (Crit Care Med 2004; 30:31-38) proved the clinical and financial benefits and is currently the only technology that enables hospitals to meet The Leapfrog Group's ICU patient care safety standards. In 2005, VISICU was recognized as the Patient Monitoring Company of the Year by Frost & Sullivan. VISICU also received the Microsoft Healthcare Award, the American Telemedicine Association American Telemedicine Association (ATA), established in 1993 as a non-profit organization, ATA goal is to promote access to medical care for consumers and health professionals via telecommunications technology (alternatively referred to as telemedicine, telehealth or eHealth). Innovations Award and TETHIC TETHIC The Emerging Technologies and Healthcare Innovations Congress "Technology of the Year" Award in 2004. In 2002, the eICU solution was recognized as one of the Top 100 technical innovations by InfoWorld magazine, and in 2001, VISICU won the Healthcare Informatics and Technology Award. For more information, visit www.visicu.com. eICU(R), eVantage(R) and Smart Alerts(R) are registered trademarks of VISICU, Inc. About Christiana Care Christiana Care Health System, which traces its roots back to 1888, is one of the region's largest not-for profit health care providers, serving the people of Delaware as well as neighboring Maryland, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. A teaching hospital, Christiana Care is recognized as a regional center for excellence in cardiology, cancer and women's health Women's Health Definition Women's health is the effect of gender on disease and health that encompasses a broad range of biological and psychosocial issues. services, as well as Level-I trauma care and Level-3 neonatal intensive care (both highest intensity). Christiana Care operates two hospitals, long-term and transitional care services and an extensive range of outpatient and home health services health services Managed care The benefits covered under a health contract . Christiana Care provided $25.2 million of charity care last year. |
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