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MAY 6, 2021

Overnight Telemedicine Services Reduce Mortality In ICU Patients

Originally published by our sister publication, General Surgery News.


Patients in the ICU who received telemedicine services overnight were less likely to die, and were more likely to be discharged quicker than patients receiving traditional ICU care with no on-site intensivist overnight, according to a study presented at the 2021 Critical Care Congress Virtual Event.

The retrospective study ended just before the COVID-19 pandemic began, but the results underscore the value of ICU telemedicine at