title: Pressures converge in the ICU. Hospitals turn to IT and process changes to improve outcomes and satisfaction.
abstract: The ICU is where all the pressures of a hospital show themselves in high relief. Quality, work processes and staffing are more challenging here. This Clinical Management article examines how hospitals are reducing mortality rates, increasing patient and staff satisfaction, and bringing efficiencies to the ICU through high- and low-tech solutions.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Haugh
mesh_terms: D003422:Critical Care / Q000592:standards*; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D020407:Internet; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D009737:Nursing Records; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control; D013686:Telemetry; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000379:methods*; D014481:United States