An Innovative Telemedical Network to Improve Infectious Disease Management in Critically Ill Patients and Outpatients (TELnet@NRW): Stepped-Wedge Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial

• Main Authors: Gernot Marx (Author), Wolfgang Greiner (Author), Christian Juhra (Author), Svenja Elkenkamp (Author), Daniel Gensorowsky (Author), Sebastian Lemmen (Author), Jan Englbrecht (Author), Sandra Dohmen (Author), Antje Gottschalk (Author), Miriam Haverkamp (Author), Annette Hempen (Author), Christian Flügel-Bleienheuft (Author), Daniela Bause (Author), Henna Schulze-Steinen (Author), Susanne Rademacher (Author), Jennifer Kistermann (Author), Stefan Hoch (Author), Hans-Juergen Beckmann (Author), Christian Lanckohr (Author), Volker Lowitsch (Author), Arne Peine (Author), Fabian Juzek-Kuepper (Author), Carina Benstoem (Author), Kathrin Sperling (Author), Robert Deisz (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: JMIR Publications, 2022-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BackgroundEvidence-based infectious disease and intensive care management is more relevant than ever. Medical expertise in the two disciplines is often geographically limited to university institutions. In addition, the interconnection between inpatient and outpatient care is often insufficient (eg,...