Pro/Con Debate: The National Emergency Tele-Critical Care Network: Was It a Success or a Failure?

Tuesday, January 23, 2024

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM MT

Location: North-132

CE: 1.0

Concurrent Session Moderator(s)

Corinna Sicoutris, AGACNP-BC, MSN (she/her/hers)

Associate Chief of Advanced Practice, Penn Medicine
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
CU

Chiedozie Udeh, MBA, MHEcon, MBBS

Staff Intensivist, Medical Director, ICU Operations, Medical Director, EHospital
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland, Ohio

In this session, speakers will compare and contrast two models of telecritical care (TCC) support during the COVID-19 pandemic: expanding in-place TCC capabilities versus adding new TCC support to healthcare systems when and where it is needed, using the National Emergency Tele-Critical Care Network (NETCCN). NETCCN was developed as part of a military, federal, and professional partnership to provide critical care expertise to resource-limited hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic. Through a competitive process, clinical-technical teams were evaluated and down-selected to best-in-class solutions for delivering TCC expertise to locations without a prior relationship, infrastructure, or policy.

Learning Objectives:

Define use cases for telemedicine support during a disaster
Review the use of the National Tele-Critical Care Network (NETCCN) on-demand telecritical care (TCC) model versus the TCC expansion model during the COVID-19 pandemic and the advantages and disadvantages of each model
Describe how future TCC models and other technologies may facilitate better access to necessary expertise and treatments during large-scale disasters and in other resource-limited settings

Presentations:

Introduction to the NETCCN
Pro: The NETCCN On-Demand Model Was Successful
Con: The NETCCN On-Demand Model Could Have Done More