LITTLE ROCK - Magnolia Regional Medical Center (MRMC) has recently partnered with Baptist Health eICU care to give their patients an additional team of critical care specialists who will watch over them 24/7.
With a simple press of a button by the physicians or nurses at MRMC, the staff will be instantly joined at their patient's bedside by Baptist Health's experienced critical care team in Little Rock. The eICU care team includes physicians and nurses specialized in critical care and trained to execute predefined plans or intervene in emergencies when a patient's attending physician cannot be immediately present.
Each critical-care room with eICU technology is equipped with a camera, microphone, and speaker that enable staff in the control center to communicate with caregivers and the patient in real time. The two-way video and "cockpit-like sensors" of this advanced telemedicine technology enables the eICU care staff to detect even the slightest change in the patient's condition and communicate more effectively with the bedside team to reduce the time between problem identification and intervention.
Staffed round-the-clock, every day of the year, the Baptist Health eICU care command center and its staff help rural hospitals like MRMC provide state-of-the-art intensive care to its sickest patients.
Typically, eICU technology is used in emergency departments, surgical ICUs, trauma ICU's, cardiac surgery, medical ICUs, coronary care units, surgical step-downs, extended care hospitals and progressive care units. Hospitals across the country using eICU technology with critical care specialists have seen reductions in complications, reductions in mortality, and better outcomes for patients.
Baptist Health was the first in the state to use eICU technology back in 2005, the first in the region to implement its use in patient care, and among the first 20 healthcare systems in the country to have a command center.
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For more information:
Karen Weido
870-235-3212
kweido@magnoliarmc.org
