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- Title
The First Statewide Implementation of a Regional Disaster Teleconsultation System to Expand Critical Care Surge Capacity: A Case Study in Vermont.
- Authors
Boyle, Tehnaz P.; Mehra, Ashley; Smith, Nathanael J.; Subramanian, Sanjay; Leeber, James; McMahon, Maureen; Green, Devon; Perry, Sarah; Passman, Dina; Biddinger, Paul D.; Scott, Benjamin
- Abstract
Background:In December 2021, the Region 1 Disaster Health Response System, the state of Vermont, and the National Emergency Tele-Critical Care Network partnered to provide statewide access to disaster teleconsultations during COVID-19 surge conditions. In this case report, we describe how a disaster teleconsultation system was implemented in Vermont to provide access to temporary tele-critical care consultations during the Omicron COVID-19 surge. Methods:We measured the time from request of service to implementation and calculated descriptive statistics. Results:Seven of Vermont's 14 hospitals requested the service. Despite a technology solution capable of providing services within hours, mean time to service implementation was 27 days (interquartile range 20–41 days). Conclusions:Integration of disaster teleconsultation systems into state and local emergency management plans are needed to bring administrative start-up times in line with technical readiness.
- Subjects
VERMONT; COVID-19 pandemic; EMERGENCY management; CRITICAL care medicine; DISASTERS; DISASTER medicine
- Publication
Telemedicine & e-Health, 2024, Vol 30, Issue 5, p1495
- ISSN
1530-5627
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.1089/tmj.2023.0339