Description
This book provides a state-of-the-art overview on critical care administration. The text reviews important aspects and considerations involved in developing an efficient, cost-effective critical care program, while maintaining a safe and high-quality work environment. Major topics covered include different models of critical care services, planning and budgeting, administration support, staffing models, tele/smart ICU, protocols and guidelines, and disaster preparedness and management.
Written by experts in the field, Critical Care Administration: A Comprehensive Clinical Guide is a practical, handy resource for critical care professionals involved in the administration and management of ICUs.
Table of Contents
1 Critical Care Services: Scope of Practice
Janice Zimmerman, Mukhtar Al-Saadi
2 Planning and Budgeting
Ahmed Taha
3 Setting the Goals
Mary Jane Reed, A. Joseph Layon
4 Administration Support
Asad Latif, Ho Geol Ryu, Todd Dorman
5 Quality Indicators: The Use of Metrics in Critical Care Medicine
Sergio L. Zanotti Cavazzoni
6 Internal Financial Audits in the ICU
J. Christopher Farmer
7 Models of Staffing
Ruth Kleinpell, Stephen M Pastores
8 Tele-ICU
Zeid Kalarikkal, Shaun L. Thompson
9 Digital Transformation: The Smart ICU
Javier Perez-Fernandez, Nestor A. Raimondi, Francisco Murillo Cabezas
10 Protocols, Policies, and Procedures: Tools for Quality Improvement in Critical Care
Andrew T. Levinson, Mitchell M. Levy
11 ICU Design
Paul C. Yodice
12 Disaster Preparedness and Management
Lewis J. Kaplan, Samuel Tisherman
13 Critical Care Educational Modeling
Jason L. Bartock, R. Phillip Dellinger
14 Humanizing Critical Care
Gabriel Heras, Jerry Zimmerman, Jorge Hidalgo
15 Billing and Coding
Dixan Gonzalez, Martha Ruiz, Javier Perez-Fernandez
16 Intensive Care Burnout
Cory Franklin
17 Complementary Therapies
Marie R. Baldisseri
18 Establishing a Research Program in the ICU
Laurence W. Busse, Alex Hall, Jonathan Sevransky
19 Patient Safety in Intensive Care Medicine
María Cruz Martín Delgado
