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Telemedicine in the ICU: Support System or Slippery Slope?
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Telemedicine in the ICU: Support System or Slippery Slope?
A 26-year-old student died in an ICU in Connecticut from alcohol-induced pancreatitis. What makes this case stand out is that during his time there, the ICU wasn’t being managed by a doctor physically present—it was overseen by a telehealth ICU service, with a doctor remote on a screen.
There is now a lawsuit against the hospital. One of the claims is that intubation was delayed because the telehealth team had to get a doctor to the ICU—and that doctor was delayed after reportedly struggling to find the unit. The young man was ultimately pronounced dead by a doctor via video. His family say they were never informed this was how the ICU was being run.
I believe that around 15% of ICUs in the US now use telehealth systems, often described as a response to doctor shortages.
But this raises serious questions.
Surely replacing the human presence in emergency medicine is a real concern.
Where does this lead?
Is this cost-saving before patient care again?
And would you ask, before a loved one is admitted, whether there are doctors physically present in the ICU at all times?
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Tune is to tonight’s webinar to listen to our wonderful doctors talking about the future of medicine and where the IMA is heading.
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How unimaginably sad!
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Our country and practically everything in it, including healthcare, has been going downhill since we turned from trusting Christ to trusting “science”. It’s long past time for a sweeping spiritual great awakening — a return to Christ.
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Because some people “believe in science”, science has become a religion. We can accurately state “Science is a religion”. At the heart of science is the scientific method, and this is something people trust. However, there is a delusion that is hard for many of the followers to see. Science is a religion that is corrupted by unscrupulous actors who twist rhetoric into dogma; in effect, controlling the followers of science, the “believers”.
This is why IMA started their own journal, The Journal of Independent Medicine. A journal lead by people who have their hearts in the right place and who seek truth and avoid corruption.
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As a retired ICU RN I find this news shocking! Everyone knows our medical system is broken , but I never dreamed it would get this bad!!! It is heartbreaking to see how the sickest among us are forgotten!
ICU patients NEED ICU physicians in attendance!!!
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My mom was a nurse, and I know she would have felt exatly the same as you do. We all need to remember to ask questions, even when it is so difficult. Thank you for taking part in the conversation.
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