intensive care unit admission, discharge, and triage.

- Research needs

·  Improving accuracy of severity scoring tools (APACHE, SAPS, and Mortality Prediction Model) and nursing productivity models

·  Utilizing telemedicine to monitor discharged patients and “capture” red flags to increase timeliness of intervention and prevent readmission to critical care.

·  Utilizing telemedicine to assist with monitoring critical care patients who were triaged to a nontraditional critical care unit because of lack of critical care bed availability.