A closed intensive care unit model, in which a patient is evaluated and admitted under an intensivist and patient care orders are written by ICU staff, can help reduce rates of several ...

A new intensive care unit model may help caregivers reduce the number of chronically ill patients sent to the ICU as a result of potentially preventable factors. The Leadership, Ownership, ...

Doctors treating critically ill patients on ventilators face a constant challenge regarding nutrition. Properly feeding ICU patients is of critical importance as their bodies fight for survival. An ...

A new model for intensive care, developed by Rutgers and RWJBarnabas Health System, can help identify preventable - and previously overlooked - factors that often send chronically ill patients to the ...

Across the country, many intensive care units are strained for capacity. This prolongs the boarding process in the emergency department, when critically ill patients – for whom every minute and hour ...

A new team-based model for intensive care unit (ICU) pharmacists, developed by Rutgers and RWJBarnabas Health System, resolves a common dilemma for hospitals and improves care for critically ill ...