Clinical and Financial Benefits of Tele-ICU at Advocate

Michael Ries MD, MBA, FCCM, FCCP, FACP, Medical Director, Adult Critical Care and eICU, and Cindy Welsh, RN, MBA, VP, Adult Critical Care & Medical Prof. Affairs, Advocate Health Care.  Aligning technology adoption with organizational strategy and operations is part of the systematic process at the foundation of value creation. Tele-ICU Medicine is a disruptive innovation that if used properly can enable a healthcare organization to garner clinical and financial benefits.  Dr. Ries and Cindy discuss how tele-ICU has enabled Advocate Health Care to realize some of these benefits.