Making a Connection: Family Experiences With Bedside Rounds in the Intensive Care Unit.

Background: The hospitalization of a family member in an intensive care unit can be stressful for the family. Family bedside rounds is a way for the care team to inform family members, answer questions, and involve them in care decisions. The experiences of family members with intensive care unit bedside rounds have been examined in few studies.

ICU Telemedicine Program Financial Outcomes.

Background: ICU telemedicine improves access to high-quality critical care, has substantial costs, and can change financial outcomes. Detailed information about financial outcomes and their trends over time following ICU telemedicine implementation and after the addition of logistic center function has not been published to our knowledge.

Methods: Primary data were collected for consecutive adult patients of a single academic medical center.