By John DePetrillo, MD, FACP The chronic workforce shortage plaguing hospitals large and small is not waning as hospitalization associated with COVID-19 starts to recede. Many hospitals are having to curtail services; a few have shut their doors. More often, lack of available ICU beds has increased critically ill patient dwell time in the Emergency Department, often spanning hours to days waiting for an ICU bed. This increases the length of stay for these patients, thus increasing hospital cost The ability of Equum Medical to expand their services outside of the walls of the ICU has had a large impact on this patient cohort. By actively managing these patients, we have been able to provide ICU level care in […]