BookJorge Hidalgo, Javier Pérez-Fernández, Gloria Rodríguez-Vega, editors.
Summary: 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.
Contents:
Critical Care Services: Scope of Practice
Planning and Budgeting
Setting the Goals
Administration Support
Quality Indicators: The Use of Metrics in Critical Care Medicine
Internal Financial Audits in the ICU
Models of Staffing
Tele-ICU
Digital Transformation: The Smart ICU
Protocols, Policies, and Procedures: Tools for Quality Improvement in Critical Care
ICU Design
Disaster Preparedness and Management
Critical Care Educational Modeling
Humanizing Critical Care
Billing and Coding
Intensive Care Burnout
Complementary Therapies
Establishing a Research Program in the ICU
Patient Safety in Intensive Care Medicine.