Palmetto Health Tuomey honored with 2017 I SEE YOU CARE Award by Advanced ICU Care
May 6, 2017
Palmetto Health Tuomey has been awarded the 2017 I SEE YOU CARE Award by Advanced ICU (AICU). The award recognizes outstanding collaboration between hospital staff and AICU’s remote critical care team. Through the partnership, Palmetto Health Tuomey has been able to decrease the length of stay for people in the Intensive Care Unit, shorten the amount of time a patient stays on a ventilator and improve overall patient outcomes.
Established in 2016, the I SEE YOU CARE Award honors AICU’s partners for their efforts in caring for patients, collaborating across geography and leveraging telehealth technology to make a profound difference within their hospital. Recognition is given in four categories: hospital, administrator, physician and nurse. Palmetto Health Tuomey has been in partnership with Advanced ICU Care since 2012.
AICU utilizes a network of high-definition cameras, electronic patient monitoring systems and immediate digital access to diagnostic test results along with the patient’s medical record. This allows very sick patients to stay close to home, which typically means family is more easily able to be present. Anecdotal evidence shows that patients with attentive families tend to get better faster.
Gene Dickerson, M.D., the hospital’s chief medical executive, emphasized how the collaboration is helping improve clinical outcome. He said, “The results we see are primarily driven by the bedside staff in collaboration with our physician staff members and AICU.”
About Palmetto Health
Palmetto Health, the largest health care system in the South Carolina Midlands region and one of the state’s largest employers, comprises more than 15,000 team members, physicians and volunteers working together to fulfill Palmetto Health’s Vision: To be remembered by each patient as providing the care and compassion we want for our families and ourselves. The system includes six acute-care hospitals in the Midlands—Palmetto Health Baptist, Palmetto Health Baptist Parkridge, Palmetto Health Children’s Hospital, Palmetto Health Heart Hospital, Palmetto Health Richland and Palmetto Health Tuomey.
