Six Months to a Virtual ICU at Houston Methodist

Michelle Stansbury, VP of Innovation and IT Applications at Houston Methodist Hospital, discusses in this video their virtual hospital programs as well as hot technologies they're looking at for the future. Their virtual ICU project started four years ago as a two-year project, but they managed to set it up in just six months as COVID-19 hit. Now they're extending their insights into the whole hospital and beyond. The video is full of intriguing details. For instance, they proudly offered every patient an iPad when the virtual ICU opened, to deliver care and allow patients to talk to their families outside the hospital. But staff found that they had to clean the iPad frequently, so the ICU is moving toward delivering the services through the TV instead. Thanks to the Sickbay Platform, the virtual service permits more monitoring and reduce staffing needs, a critical achievement in these times of clinician flight from the field. Learn from the video how Houston Methodist is using smart devices to collect vital statistics and avoid the hated nightly ritual all patients go through of being woken up to take vital signs. Learn more about Houston Methodist: https://www.houstonmethodist.org/ Learn more about Medical Informatics Corp: https://michealthcare.com/ Find more great health IT content: https://www.healthcareittoday.com/