Philips has teamed up with Japan 's Showa University to launch the country 's first telemedicine intensive care ( eICU ) unit . The telehealth critical care model at Showa University Hospital and Showa Koto ##wa Hospital is designed to improve high - risk patient outcomes and deliver improved care support to patients at different sites . Published evaluations of the eICU program performance outcomes include: A recently published whitepaper calculating the value of remote ICU monitoring (tele-ICU) can be found here. It also helps with remote patient monitoring and early invention via advanced audiovisual technology .
Philips has teamed up with Japan 's Showa University to launch the country 's first telemedicine intensive care ( eICU ) unit . The telehealth critical care model at Showa University Hospital and Showa Koto ##wa Hospital is designed to improve high - risk patient outcomes and deliver improved care support to patients at different sites . It also helps with remote patient monitoring and early invention via advanced audiovisual technology .