Mayo Clinic’s telemedicine hub reducing ICU mortalities

Editor's Note

The Mayo Clinic has built a central telemedicine hub to monitor six ICUs at once, raising the level of care to its patients, the February 21 VCDaily reports.

The telemedicine hub operates out of a hospital in Rochester, Minnesota, where a series of interactive video conferencing links provide ICU specialists with face-to-face communication with the Mayo Clinic ICUs as well as eight other ICUs as far away as Wisconsin and Georgia.

The remote monitoring has led to a dramatic improvement in mortality rates, with some locations reporting rates 73% lower than expected.

The key is the second set of eyes watching from the hub that provides a different view of what’s happening on the ground. Free from the activities of a busy ICU, the experts are able to concentrate solely on basic observations, the report says.

The link between the Mayo Clinic and telemedicine is strong, and now the partnership is creating real-world solutions that can be applied in other healthcare settings. The world-renowned facility has built a central telemedicine hub to monitor several ICUs at once, boosting the level of care available to its patients.

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