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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

One-Hour Concurrent Session

Zooming Forward: How Changes in Telemedicine May Improve Outcomes in Critical Illness and Reduce Healthcare Disparities

Monday, April 18, 2022

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM US CST

CE: 1.0

Concurrent Session Moderator(s)

Elizabeth Scruth, CCNS, MPH, PhD, RN

NCAL Director of Clinical Quality Programs, Data Analytics , Tele Critical Care
Northern California Kaiser Permanente Regional Quality and Regulatory Services
Oakland, California

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

The COVID-19 pandemic has been the catalyst that changed our critical care world. This session will review how rapid changes in implementing telemedicine technology has improved education, management, and outcomes in critical care, especially in resource-limited regions. Speakers will show how, even with novel critical conditions, telemedicine has been shown to improve care without inducing negative financial impacts in underserved areas of healthcare. Speakers will show how to utilize diverse multiprofessional personnel to efficiently manage ICUs in multiple states while improving all aspects of critical care, including pharmacy, respiratory therapy, and specialty care.

Learning Objectives:

Explore how rapidly expanding multiprofessional tele-ICU programs can improve access for resource-limited areas in need of complex critical care
Identify lessons learned from expanding telemedicine platforms in many areas of healthcare and how this has improved communication, education, and management in critical care
Discuss how expanding tele-ICU to new points of care for novel conditions such as burns, infectious diseases, respiratory failure, and improvement in outcomes will reduce disparities in critical care and improve cost-effective care for critically ill patients

Presentations:

Implementation and Management of a Multiprofessional Tele-Critical Care Program: Rapid Improvement in Access to Intensive Care Among Underserved Populations
Concurrent Session Faculty: Nehal Thakkar, MD – Atrium Health
Almost Anything Is Virtually Possible: How Rapid Changes in Virtual Abilities During the Pandemic Have Improved Access to Critical Care
Concurrent Session Faculty: Jayashree Raikhelkar, MD, FCCM – Emory University Hospital
Tele-ICU in the Age of Novel High-Acuity Conditions: Leveraging Technology in Earlier Management of Burns, Infections, and Respiratory Failure
Concurrent Session Faculty: Elizabeth Scruth, CCNS, MPH, PhD, RN – Northern California Kaiser Permanente Regional Quality and Regulatory Services