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Health Economics

Impact of an Intensive Care Unit Telemedicine Program on a Rural Health Care System

Edward T. Zawada Jr. Medical Director, Avera eICU CARE®, Avera McKennan Hospital and University Health Center, Sioux Falls, SDCorrespondence[email protected]
, MD, MACP,
Patricia Herr Director of Avera eICU CARE®, Avera McKennan Hospital and University Health Center, Sioux Falls, SD
, RN, CCRN,
Deanna Larson Vice President of Quality, Avera Health Systems, Sioux Falls, SD
, RN,
Robert Fromm Director of Physician Services at VISICU, Weill College of Medicine, Cornell University, New York, NY; Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
, MD, MPH, MS,
David Kapaska Chief Medical Officer, Avera McKennan Hospital, Sioux Falls, SD
, DO &
David Erickson Senior Vice President of Medical Affairs, Avera Health Systems, Sioux Falls, SD
, MD
Pages 160-170 | Published online: 13 Mar 2015

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