Press Releases

January 24 2013 20130124

Intensive Care Units for Newborns in Nine States See Sharp Drop in Bloodstream Infections

May 9 2011 20110509

ICUs in Michigan Sustain Zero Blood Stream Infections for Up to 2 Years

February 17 2011 20110217

Rates of Pneumonia Dramatically Reduced in Patients on Ventilators in Michigan Intensive Care Units

January 31 2011 20110131

Landmark Initiative to Reduce Healthcare-Associated Infections Cuts Deaths Among Medicare Patients in Michigan Intensive Care Units

Other News & Events

• 24-hour intensivist care in ICUs can lead to cost savings for the sickest patients admitted at night
• 24-hour staffing of intensive care units with intensivists has benefits as well as some tradeoffs for patients and physicians
• Certain factors linked to risk of early death of intensive care patients after discharge
• Evidence-based strategies substantially reduce the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia in ICUs
• ICU scoring system better predicts the risk of death for trauma patients
• ICUs in Michigan sustain zero bloodstream infections for up to 2 years
• Landmark initiative to reduce healthcare-associated infections cuts deaths among Medicare patients in Michigan ICUs
• Minority status has no effect on patient outcomes in the intensive care unit
• No additional benefit seen with remote offsite monitoring of ICU patients
• Patients transferred to the intensive care unit within 24 hours of admission
• Potential role of physical therapy in ICU patients
• Rates of Pneumonia Dramatically Reduced in Patients on Ventilators in Michigan Intensive Care Units
• Rates of pneumonia dramatically reduced in patients on ventilators in Michigan intensive care units
• Study reveals patterns of readmissions to the intensive care unit
• Trauma patients often receive repeat CT imaging that increases radiation exposure and costs
• Two different tools help measure tracheal intubation adverse events and performance in pediatric intensive care units