May 2023 Honoree
Newport Hospital Tele-ICU Hicuity Implementation Team
Special thanks to these team members: • Sarah Nekrasz, MSN, RN-BC, NE-BC • Stacey Brunetti- Novak, MS, RN • Michelle Cascio, RN-BC • Amy Gray, RN • Orla Brandos, DNP, MBA, MSN, CPHQ, NEA-BC, FACHE, VPPCS/CNO • Jeffrey Gaines, MD, MHCM, FACEP • Christina Beyer, MD, SFHM, CPXP, FACP • Sharon Seabold, PMP • Pamela Crocker, MBA, CHFM, AIA • Peppino Tettey, MD • Elizabeth Bryand, MSN, RN, ACCNS-AG BC • Kathleen Coyne, MS, RN, CDP • Mary Serra, RRT • Katrina Boulanger, BS, RCP • Shyue-Ling Chen • George Dube • Danielle Sanda • Maliha Jalal
On March 8, Newport Hospital successfully launched a tele-ICU model of care, partnering with Hicuity Health. This accomplished one of Newport Hospital’s strategic priorities for the year. Access to intensivists is essential to successfully running an intensive care unit and caring for our most critically ill patients. That’s why we have partnered with Hicuity Health, the largest, most experienced acute care telemedicine provider in the nation. Through Hicuity’s technology, our ICU team will now have expanded access to additional intensivists around the world, any time of day. With the press of a button, our ICU team can easily start a video call with an intensivist to consult with the patient and their families. This new program complements and supports our existing ICU team. A multidisciplinary team from across Lifespan and Hicuity worked tirelessly to bring this program to fruition.
This team, Co-led by executive sponsors, Orla Brandos, DNP, MBA, MSN, CPHQ, NEA-BC, FACHE, VPPCS/CNO, and Jeffrey Gaines, MD, MHCM, FACEP
Additional representation included:
• ICU nursing leadership and staff
• Med/surg nursing
• Information services/technology
This team, Co-led by executive sponsors, Orla Brandos, DNP, MBA, MSN, CPHQ, NEA-BC, FACHE, VPPCS/CNO, and Jeffrey Gaines, MD, MHCM, FACEP
Additional representation included:
• ICU nursing leadership and staff
• Med/surg nursing
• Information services/technology
Thank you for your exceptional compassion, advocacy, and dedication to your patients. You truly make a difference.
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