Telemedicine Trend Leads to New Certification for Tele-ICU Nurses

NurseZone
April 22, 2011

Critical care nurses who work in tele-ICUs now have the chance to acquire certification for their very specific expertise and experience...

Lisa Payne Simon, senior program director for NEHI (New England Healthcare Institute), also sees great promise for telemedicine, which is likely to lead to the development of more tele-ICUs...

According to Simon, a tele-ICU system is also a way to use technology to lessen the impact of a national shortage of intensivists. That shortage is expected to worsen as the general population ages and requires more health care services. In fact, a 2006 report from the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) predicted a possible shortfall of 1,500 intensivists by 2020...

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