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Rural Maryland Hospitals Form Unprecedented Collaborative to Improve Patient Care.
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April 28, 2008
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CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, Innovative eICU(R) Program Unites Hospitals to Reduce Critical Care Physician Shortage, Improve Care with VISICU Technology
WASHINGTON, April 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, six hospitals serving patients in rural Maryland announced plans to improve the quality of patient care by implementing the VISICU eICU(R) Program in each of their intensive care units. Made possible by a $3 million grant from CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield (CareFirst), the eICU(R) Program marries medicine and technology to bring critical care physicians, also known as intensivists, to areas facing a shortage in this specialty.
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