Valley Health Winchester Medical Center (WMC) has partnered with Advanced
ICU Care, the nation’s leading independent provider of high-acuity
telehealth services, to provide an additional layer of care for patients
in its adult Critical Care unit. This afternoon, with the press of a monitor
button, a physician in New York and a nurse in St. Louis appeared on-screen
and joined the conversation in one of WMC’s 48 private critical
care rooms, demonstrating how easily and clearly remote care partners
will be able to interact with physicians, nurses, patients and families
in Winchester. The new service begins Thursday evening.
Advanced ICU Care will provide adjunct support to WMC intensivist physicians
and critical care nurses from care centers staffed by board-certified
intensivists and experienced critical care nurses. Using a tele-ICU system
integrated with the hospital’s systems, care center clinicians will
be able to continuously monitor the condition of critically ill patients
and engage in their care as needed. Two-way audio and video access in
each patient’s room enables face-to-face consultation between the
remote care team and the patient, the patient’s family, and the
WMC team at the bedside.
“This partnership enables us to provide additional support for the
team of intensivists and nurses who care for our critically ill patients
around the clock,” said T. Glen Bouder, MD, Medical Director of
Critical Care at Winchester Medical Center. “We’ve worked
hand-in-hand with Advanced ICU Care to implement the new service and build
a trusting relationship between our clinical teams to ensure superior
care for our patients.”
Winchester Medical Center’s 48-room Critical Care unit and 15-room
Stepdown unit are located in the North Tower, which was completed in 2012
during the last phase of WMC’s campus expansion project. WMC is
the region’s tertiary referral hospital and trauma center, offering
advanced treatments for individuals with chest pain, heart valve disorders,
cancer, stroke, epilepsy and more. In 2016, more than 7,000 patients received
around-the-clock care from a team of more than 150 physicians and staff
in WMC’s Critical Care and Stepdown units. The new remote service
will provide monitoring and evidence-based clinical practice to augment
the expertise and hands-on care of the bedside team.
“Our team of board-certified intensivists, critical care nurses,
respiratory therapists, pharmacists and other professionals offers extraordinary
care for our region’s sickest residents in a well-equipped and patient-focused
environment,” said Grady W. “Skip” Philips, III, senior
vice president of Valley Health System and president of Winchester Medical
Center. “Through remote monitoring technology, this new partnership
will enable us to draw on additional resources to support our providers
who care for patients when they are most in need.”
“The WMC team has been fantastic in the collaboration necessary to
launch tele-ICU services,” said Rachel Sackrowitz, MD, National
Medical Director of Advanced ICU Care. “A launch of this magnitude
involves a wide range of people. They have all shown tremendous dedication
to our partnership on behalf of their patients.”
About Advanced ICU Care
Advanced ICU Care is the nation’s leading provider of high acuity
telehealth services, serving hospitals in 22 states on a 24 x 7 x 365
basis. Advanced ICU Care is a technology-enabled clinical services provider
that employs cutting-edge tele-technology, comprehensive staffing by U.S.
board-certified intensivists, multiple dedicated tele-care delivery centers,
and a proven implementation and client service approach for the benefit
of patients, families, providers and hospitals.
www.advancedicucare.com