eICUpodcast

Podcast #7: Podcasting from the eICU national conference in Baltimore gives us an opportunity to talk with Dr. Marc Zubrow from the eICU program at Christiana Care Health System in Delaware. Dr. Zubrow lead an initiative that achieved a 50% reduction in sepsis mortality and was recognized by the prestigious 2007 Codman award for excellence in performance measurement.

Podcast #6: Erkan Hassan, PharmD joins us in our 2nd podcast from the 2007 eICU meeting in Baltimore to talk about the role of the pharmacist in the eICU.

Podcast #5: Today we talk with Dr. Christopher Veremakis who heads up the Mercy SafeWatch eICU program, one of the largest in the country. Among other things, he shares his insights on tailoring the eICU to meet the needs of such a diverse group of ICUs.

Podcast #4: In this podcast we talk with Dr. Craig Lilly who is the medical director of the eICU at UMassMemorial Medical Center. Dr. Lilly shares his views on the role of the eICU in critical care and provides some information about the early results of the program at UMassMemorial.

Podcast #3: In this podcast we talk with Dr. Richard Irwin who is the chairman of the Critical Care Operations Committee at UMassMemorial Medical Center. Dr. Irwin talks about the changes he's seen during his four decades in medical practice and his vision for patient centered care.

Podcast #2: In this podcast we talk with Dr. Michael Breslow, who is a cofounder of the VISICU company, the maker of the software used by the UMassMemorial eICU program. Dr. Breslow provides us with a unique perspective about the role of the eICU in modern critical care.

Podcast #1: Welcome to the first eICU Podcast! In this episode we talk with Mr. Shawn Cody, who is the director of operations at the UMassMemorial eICU. Shawn gives us a nice introduction into what the eICU is and how it was adopted at the UMassMemorial Medical Center.