“A structured intensivist program has been proven to improve quality of care,” said Isabel Novela, medical director of critical care, Broward Health Coral Springs. “It provides benefits to patients, medical staff and the hospital.”

 

Intensivists provide 24/7 critical care coverage while helping coordinate the critical care program’s multidisciplinary healthcare team, including consulting physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists, pharmacists, dieticians and social workers. They play an integral role with the patients and their families, and are responsible for ensuring a continuum of care as patients’ needs are met. According to NuView Health, a national leader in onsite intensivist programming and telemedicine, studies have shown that when intensivists are involved in the care of critically ill patients there is improvement in care, fewer complications and a reduction in mortality.

 

“Establishing a program such as this is integral to our hospital’s quality initiatives,” said Jared Smith, CEO of Broward Health Coral Springs. “We are confident that as intensivists work with our critically ill patients they will enhance our patients’ outcomes.”