Imagine you could interact with multiple patients, diagnose
and treat their illnesses, administer drugs, and
even ensure that staff members are following infection
control best practices 24 hours per day, seven days per
week, all without getting out of your chair.

This is the basic premise of the eICU, an electronic
subdivision of the ICU at Alegent Health in Omaha,
NE. Mark Kestner, MD, senior vice president and chief
medical officer at Alegent Health, likens it to an air traffic
control tower. Nurses and physicians man an off-site
location filled with two-way cameras linked to ICUs in
three metropolitan hospitals and one rural hospital in
the system.