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How eICUs are helping hospitals deal with coronavirus overload – CNET
These remote-monitoring facilities were already helping the sickest patients get access to critical-care specialists. COVID-19 has further proved their value.

Critical-care nurse Clark Wurth monitors patients remotely from Sutter Health’s electronic intensive care unit in downtown San Francisco.
Ashley Boarman/Sutter Health
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Blink and you’d think nurse Clark Wurth is an air traffic controller. He dons a headset as he sits in front of six huge monitors flashing with alerts and colorful moving charts.
Blink again — as Wurth zooms in on a COVID-19 pati…
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