title: Telemedicine in the intensive care unit: its role in emergencies and disaster management.
abstract: Disasters and emergencies lead to an overburdened health care system after the event, so additional telemedicine support can improve patient outcomes. If telemedicine is going to become an integral part of disaster response, there needs to be improved preparation for the use of telemedicine technologies. Telemedicine can improve patient triage, monitoring, access to specialists, health care provider burnout, and disaster recovery. However, the evidence for telemedicine and tele-intensive care in the disaster setting is limited, and it should be further studied to identify situations in which it is the most clinically effective and cost-effective.
authors: Department of Emergency Medicine, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 757 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
authors: Daniel M
authors: DM
authors: Rolston
authors: Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 757 Westwood Plaza, Suite 3325, Los Angeles, CA 90095-7403, USA. Electronic address: jmeltzer@mednet.ucla.edu.
authors: Joseph S
authors: JS
authors: Meltzer
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D054597:Disaster Medicine / Q000379:methods*; D004189:Disaster Planning; D004190:Disasters; D004630:Emergencies; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000191:economics / Q000600:supply & distribution; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000379:methods*; D014218:Triage
keywords: Disaster; Disaster response; Tele-ICU; Tele-intensive care; Telemedicine; Telemonitoring