Critical Care Administration

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xix

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2. Critical Care Services: Scope of Practice

   • Janice Zimmerman, Mukhtar Al-Saadi

   Pages 1-20

3. Planning and Budgeting

   • Ahmed Taha, Gloria Rodríguez-Vega

   Pages 21-41

4. Setting the Goals

   • Mary Jane Reed, A. Joseph Layon

   Pages 43-52

5. Administration Support

   • Asad Latif, Ho Geol Ryu, Todd Dorman

   Pages 53-68

6. Quality Indicators: The Use of Metrics in Critical Care Medicine

   • Sergio L. Zanotti Cavazzoni

   Pages 69-81

7. Internal Financial Audits in the ICU

   • J. Christopher Farmer

   Pages 83-90

8. Models of Staffing

   • Ruth Kleinpell, Stephen M. Pastores

   Pages 91-100

9. Tele-ICU

   • Zeid Kalarikkal, Shaun L. Thompson

   Pages 101-110

10. Digital Transformation: The Smart ICU

    • Javier Pérez-Fernández, Nestor A. Raimondi, Francisco Murillo Cabezas

    Pages 111-125

11. Protocols, Policies, and Procedures: Tools for Quality Improvement in Critical Care

    • Andrew T. Levinson, Mitchell M. Levy

    Pages 127-136

12. ICU Design

    • Paul C. Yodice

    Pages 137-157

13. Disaster Preparedness and Management

    • Lewis J. Kaplan, Samuel Tisherman

    Pages 159-175

14. Critical Care Educational Modeling

    • Jason L. Bartock, R. Phillip Dellinger

    Pages 177-188

15. Humanizing Critical Care

    • Gabriel Heras, Jerry Zimmerman, Jorge Hidalgo

    Pages 189-197

16. Billing and Coding

    • Dixan Gonzalez, Martha Ruiz, Javier Pérez-Fernández

    Pages 199-206

17. Intensive Care Burnout

    • Cory Franklin

    Pages 207-214

18. Complementary Therapies

    • Marie R. Baldisseri

    Pages 215-226

19. Establishing a Research Program in the ICU

    • Laurence W. Busse, Alex Hall, Jonathan Sevransky

    Pages 227-255

20. The Safety of Patients in Critical Care

    • María Cruz Martín Delgado

    Pages 257-271

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.  

• open ICU
• clinical indicators
• tele ICU
• smart ICU
• disaster preparedness
• palliative care
• burnout

• Division of Critical Care, Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital, Belize City, Belize

  Jorge Hidalgo

• Department of Critical Care Services, Baptist Hospital of Miami, Miami, USA

  Javier Pérez-Fernández

• Department of Critical Care and Neurocritical Care, HIMA-San Pablo, Caguas, Puerto Rico

  Gloria Rodríguez-Vega

Jorge Hidalgo, MD, MCCM, MACP, FCCP
Professor of Critical Care
Head Division of Critical Care
Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital
Belize City, Belize
Central America


Javier Pérez-Fernández, MD, FCCM, FCCP
Medical Director, Critical Care Services
Baptist Hospital of Miami
South Florida Critical Care Services
Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine
Florida International University
Herbert Wertheim School of Medicine
Miami, FL
USA


Gloria M. Rodríguez-Vega, MD, MCCM, FACP, FCCP
Chief, Department of Critical Care 
Director, Neurosurgical ICU
HIMA-San Pablo-Caguas, 
Caguas
Puerto Rico

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