Philips to launch Australia's first remote intensive care monitoring program

 23-Sep-16, PR Newswire 

Macquarie University's MQ Health in Sydney and Emory Healthcare in Atlanta, Georgia (US), have announced the launch of Australia's first - and only - remote intensive care unit (eICU) monitoring program, to improve the outcomes of high risk patients in most need of 'round-the-clock' observation.

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The partnership uses Philips' remote intensive care unit (eICU) technology and will see Emory Healthcare intensivists and critical care nurses based onsite at Sydney's MQ Health.

This care model enables the Sydney-based US clinicians to provide continuous night-time critical care oversight to patients back in the United States during daytime hours, enabling the clinical team to be wide awake as opposed to working at night.

Kevin Barrow, Managing Director of Philips Australia, said "We aim to transform the delivery of care to address growing clinician shortages while improving patient outcomes. I am confident that the application of these kinds of solutions will shape the future of healthcare. If we are able to do this across continents we can certainly replicate it locally, connecting Australian clinicians with patients in need across regional and remote areas."

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