eICU

Harrington has implemented a state-of-the-art monitoring system in its main Southbridge campus designed to improve the support offered to patients in its Intensive Care Unit (ICU).

Known as the eICU program, this advanced system supplements Harrington’s ICU service, which is staffed by Harrington physicians, nurses, and other medical staff specialists, with help from the ICU staff at UMass Memorial Medical Center.

The eICU program allows UMass Memorial intensivists, who are physicians trained in Intensive Care, to monitor Harrington patients in real time, through use of voice, data, and video monitoring. From the eICU Support Center at UMass Memorial Medical Center, an intensivist can monitor a Harrington patient’s vital signs, such as blood pressure, oxygen saturation, and heart rate, displayed on computer screens. Other patient information readily available includes the approved care plan, physician notes, current medications, x-rays, and recent test results. Any abnormality in a patient’s vital signs is instantly sent over the eICU secure, high-speed data lines, prompting the intensivist to closely examine the situation.

The UMass intensivists, through the use of the two-way, high-resolution video cameras with enhanced audio capabilities at the patient’s bedside, can conduct a quick, visual assessment of the patient, and also interact directly with the Harrington medical staff and the patient.

Period Average Daily
Patient Census
Average Daily
Staff Nurse Census
Average Daily Staff
Nurse-to-Patient Ratio

2023
July 1 – Sept 30 5.00 4.00 1 : 1.4
April 1 – June 30 5.00 3.00 1 : 1.75
Jan 1 – March 25 6.00 3.00 1 : 1.18

2022
Oct 1 – Dec 31 6.00 3.00 1 : 1.8
July 1 – September 30 6.00 3.00 1 : 1.6
April 1 – June 30 6.00 3.00 1 : 1.7
Jan 1 – March 31 6.00 3.00 1 : 1.109

2021
Oct 1 – Dec 31 6.00 3.00 1 : 1.209
July 1 – September 30 4.92 3.00 1 : 1.7
April 1 – June 30 4.00 3.00 1 : 1.4118
Jan 1 – March 31 4.00 3.00 1 : 1.37

2020
Oct. 1 – Dec. 31 4.65 3.00 1 : 1.4
July 1 – September 30 3.84 2.5 1 : 1.29
April 1 – June 30 4.24 3.04 1 : 1.43

2019
Oct. 1 – Dec. 31 4.42 2.88 1 : 1.53
July 1 – Sept 30 3.60 2.45 1 : 1.5
April 1 – June 30 4.29 2.88 1 : 1.49
Jan 1 – March 31 4.42 3.00 1 : 1.47

2018
July 1 – Sept 30 3.88 2.65 1 : 1.46
April 1 – June 30 3.93 2.63 1 : 1.5
Jan 1 – March 31 4.07 2.69 1 : 1.51
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