Welcome to eCare: Doctors Without State Boundaries

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According to a pilot collaborative program, funded by a $3 million grant, six Baltimore hospitals, facing shortage of emergency room physicians, will use doctors in Delaware to monitor intensive care patients electronically. Welcome to the age of eCare. Look for more hospitals, state and city governments to follow suit.

In the Maryland program, a critical care physician, who is stationed at a center in Wilmington, Del., will supervise overnight care for as many as 150 patients. The doctor will also offer guidance to onsite nurses.

James Xinis is president of Calvert Memorial Hospital, said: “This raises the level of care available locally. Other hospitals who have used similar programs show a decrease in mortality rates by as much as 25 percent.”

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