SCCM Resource Library-The Tip of the Iceberg: Is the Physician-to-Patient Ratio the Full Picture?

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The video transcript discusses the importance of workload management and required resources in critical care, specifically focusing on intensivists and other critical care professionals. The speaker emphasizes that workload should not just be determined by the number of patients, but also considers factors such as patient acuity, experience of providers, and available resources. The current model of critical care is limited to the ICU, but the speaker suggests that the definition of the multidisciplinary critical care team should include the entire continuum of care, including prevention, telemedicine, other hospitals, and even home care. The use of technology, such as data sniffers and remote monitoring devices, is also highlighted as a way to improve workload management and patient care. The speaker concludes by encouraging collaboration and innovation in order to build a future model of critical care that is more effective and efficient.

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Administration, Quality and Patient Safety, 2022

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A foundational aspect of high-quality critical care is the use of multidisciplinary healthcare teams that leverage the specialized training of each respective discipline. Evidence continues to demonstrate that the use of multidisciplinary critical care teams improves clinical outcomes. The level of healthcare professional staffing in the ICU correlates to patient outcomes and medical errors. It is clear that medical errors are independently associated with worse outcomes. However, the optimal practitioner-to-patient ratio needed to derive the benefits of this team-based approach and optimize safety is unknown. This session will feature a multidisciplinary panel who will communicate the synthesis of current evidence on optimization of healthcare professional-to-patient ratio for each discipline to educate ICU clinicians unfamiliar with these data and to spur the implementation of evidence-based healthcare professional-to-patient ratios in their ICUs.

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Content Type Presentation

Knowledge Area Administration

Knowledge Area Quality and Patient Safety

Knowledge Level Intermediate

Knowledge Level Advanced

Membership Level Select

Tag Healthcare Delivery

Tag Evidence Based Medicine

Year 2022

Keywords

workload management

critical care

intensivists

patient acuity

multidisciplinary critical care team

technology

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