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What is the Importance of Having a Tele-intensivist?

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What is the Importance of Having a Tele-intensivist?

What is the Importance of Having a Tele-intensivist?

 

Since the previous decade, India has grown quite extensively in the segment of medical treatment and therapeutic strategies. Nonetheless, the scarcity of ICU beds is still an ever-growing concern for the nation. This issue became even more eminent during the stretch of the COVID-19 pandemic in India.

Nevertheless, the country had countered such a matter of counterbalance by implementing Tele-ICU systems. With this technology, it has been possible for doctors to provide treatment to remotely-located patients promptly. Additionally, the additional assistance of a tele-intensivist has also improved the treatment quality and minimized common mistakes.

But, can deploying a tele-intensivist be really beneficial regarding the insufficiency of ICU beds in India? Let’s find out!

Reduction in Mortality Rate

The mortality rate in India has been a growing concern since the beginning of the 90s’. In 1975, the percentage of death in the country was lingering around 25 peopleamongst 100. However, since then, it has increased to 30 individuals/100 (every year).

However, by using tele-intensivists, e-Next ICU has reduced the overall mortality rate by 40%. Moreover, a 60% improvement regarding discharges has also been evident due to using a Tele-ICU infrastructure.

It has played its part in lessening the impact of the pandemic.

 
 

Aid in Physician Shortage

Aside from ICU scarcity, India is currently experiencing a massive shortage of doctors as well. A report suggests that around 1,500 people in the country are catered by only one allopathic physician. On the other hand, the nurse-to-patient population revolves around 1:300.

However, owing to the remote working capability of a tele-intensivist, this issue can be solved as well. Using a Tele-ICU program, a doctor can perform a vitality assessment of their patients without reaching out to them physically.

Additionally, the technology can increase the speed and efficiency of doctor visits in a hospital as well. As per a report published by e-Next ICU, the technology has helped physicians to cover around 500 beds while treating 6500+ patients.

The overall number of nursing rounds has also increased by almost 42,000 due to the agility of Tele-ICU’s virtual infrastructure.

 

Treating Patients at a Remote Locality

According to a recent report, almost 620 million Indians, who are living in rural areas, are unable to access fundamental healthcare facilities. Furthermore, due to transport-related expenses, almost 55% of them do not travel for medical purposes.

Hence, all-in-all, getting proper treatment for an individual living in Indian rural areas can be almost impossible.

However, due to the remote access capability of a tele-intensivist, this issue can be solved pretty easily. The doctors can collaborate with the local hospitals in rural areas and help them tackle all level of patients together with the local team.

 

Conclusion

The idea of using a remote treatment modality dates back to around the 1930s. However, the proposition has been implemented recently in India, especially to cope with the aggressiveness of COVID-19. Needless to say, the technology has been working as expected while helping thousands of doctors in keeping their patients alive. Hopefully, the system will be upgraded even more in the future to improve its innate advantages and add some new features.

 
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