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CMS Rule Changes for Critical Care Services in 2022
This article was first published in the Winter 2022 issue of Critical Connections . The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule has been released, with many changes. One important change involves guidelines for critical care services an...
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Optimizing Smart Infusion Pumps
This article was first published in the Winter 2022 issue of Critical Connections . Errors associated with administration of IV medications are a primary safety concern for hospitals. Many medication errors can be prevented via safe medication practices, including the use of ...
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International Medical Graduates and COVID-19
This article was first published in the Winter 2022 issue of Critical Connections . Experts predict that an intensivist shortage is looming as demand for ICU services increases. We have reached the point where demand has overcome the supply of intensivists.
Leading by Example
Profiling leaders and organizations working to combat health disparities and establish trust in the communities they serve.This article was first published in the Winter 2022 issue of Critical Connections . In populations hardest hit by COVID-19, innovative healthcare and com...
Surgery and Critical Care Coding
This article was first published in the Fall 2020 issue of Critical Connections. Critical care and follow-on care policies vary among insurers and Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs). Providers should follow the guidance of the insurer or MAC. This article does not con...
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Seeking Out Authenticity in the Face of Uncertainty
This article was first published in the Fall 2020 issue of Critical Connections. This article reviews the ethics in a case of an infant with complex cyanotic congenital heart disease (CHD) underwent initial palliative surgical repair complicated by prolonged extracorporeal mem...
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How to Implement an Early ICU Mobility Program
This article was first published in the Fall 2020 issue of Critical Connections. Early mobility has been a proposed treatment for mechanically ventilated patients since the 1970s. Its benefits are reduced intensive care unit (ICU) and hospital lengths of stay (LOS) and fewer v...
Neurosciences and the Pandemic
This article was first published in the Fall 2020 issue of Critical Connections. We have much to elucidate on the neurologic manifestations associated with COVID-19. Reports have been published linking severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) to stroke, sei...
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Exploring the Knowns and Unknowns of MIS-C
This article was first published in the Fall 2020 issue of Critical Connections. It is a pattern that has been repeated in COVID-19 hot spots nationwide. Several weeks after the surge, emergency departments and intensive care units (ICUs) start seeing children, typically with ...
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Innovative Strategies for Family Engagement
This article was first published in the Fall 2021 issue of Critical Connections. Family engagement in critical care, a key component of the ICU Liberation campaign, has never been more on the forefront than during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Second Victims of the Pandemic: The Complexity of Workforce Well-Being
This article was first published in the Fall 2021 issue of Critical Connections. Many healthcare professionals believe that well-being remedies such as respite rooms, exercise facilities, and on-site counseling services sound great in theory but in actuality are benefits they ...
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