Hershey, Pa.-based Penn State Health consolidated all virtual intensive care unit operations internally, Becker’s reports.
The service incorporates 186 beds at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and Burkes County-based Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center, where the services were previously monitored. The virtual service is also connected to Penn State Health Lancaster (Pa.) Medical Center. Other connected facilities will be announced in the coming months.
In a virtual intensive care unit, physicians, specially trained critical care nurses, and other clinicians monitor each intensive care patient around the clock using high-resolution cameras, microphones, and electronic medical devices.
