Specially Trained Doctors Care for Critical Care Patients

Patients with life-threatening illnesses or injuries receive around-the-clock specialized medical and nursing care, such as mechanical ventilation and invasive cardiac monitoring in critical care units. Hospitals report on whether "intensivists" manage or co-manage all ICU patients for at least 8 hours a day, 7 days a week, and at other times ensures the intensivists are immediately available by phone and have another highly trained clinician able to reach the patient and carry out their orders. 

Reporting Period

• Latest 3 months prior to Survey submission

Patients Included in the Measure

• Inpatients (Patients who are admitted to the hospital for at least one overnight stay)
• Adults and Children