CRITICAL CARE ADMINISTRATION. A COMPREHENSIVE CLINICAL GUIDE

• Critical Care Services: Scope of Practice
• Planning and Budgeting
• Setting the Goals
• Administration Support
• Quality Indicators: The Use of Metrics in Critical Care Medicine
• Internal Financial Audits in the ICU
• Models of Staffing
• Tele-ICU
• Digital Transformation: The Smart ICU
• Protocols, Policies, and Procedures: Tools for Quality Improvement in Critical Care
• ICU Design
• Disaster Preparedness and Management
• Critical Care Educational Modeling
• Humanizing Critical Care
• Billing and Coding
• Intensive Care Burnout
• Complementary Therapies
• Establishing a Research Program in the ICU
• Patient Safety in Intensive Care Medicine.

This book provides a state-of-the-art overview on critical care administration. The text reviews important aspects and considerations involved in developing an efficient, cost-effective critical care program, while maintaining a safe and high-quality work environment. Major topics covered include different models of critical care services, planning and budgeting, administration support, staffing models, tele/smart ICU, protocols and guidelines, and disaster preparedness and management.
Written by experts in the field, Critical Care Administration: A Comprehensive Clinical Guide is a practical, handy resource for critical care professionals involved in the administration and management of ICUs.

Features
• One of the few dedicated resources on critical care administration
• Provides a thorough framework for how to develop an efficient, cost-effective critical care program
• Written by experts in the field

Authors
• Jorge Hidalgo, MD, MCCM, MACP, FCCPProfessor of Critical CareHead Division of Critical CareKarl Heusner Memorial HospitalBelize City, BelizeCentral America
• Javier Pérez-Fernández, MD, FCCM, FCCPMedical Director, Critical Care ServicesBaptist Hospital of MiamiSouth Florida Critical Care ServicesAssociate Clinical Professor of MedicineFlorida International UniversityHerbert Wertheim School of MedicineMiami, FLUSA
• Gloria M. Rodríguez-Vega, MD, MCCM, FACP, FCCPChief, Department of Critical Care Director, Neurosurgical ICUHIMA-San Pablo-Caguas, CaguasPuerto Rico