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Timothy G. Buchman

Timothy G. Buchman PhD, MD, FACS, FCCP, MCCM

Surgery, Surgical Critical Care
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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Dr. Buchman is the founding director of the Emory Critical Care Center (ECCC), which is integrating ICUs throughout the Emory Healthcare system and bringing together clinicians and investigators from diverse disciplines to conduct research to define best clinical practices and inform public health policy. Currently, the ECCC offers adult surgical intensive care, medical intensive care, cardiothoracic surgical intensive care, neuroscience critical care, and cardiac care in three of Emory Healthcare's six hospitals: Emory University Hospital (EUH), Emory University Hospital Midtown, and Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital (ESJH). In 2012, the ECCC opened a new ICU at the midtown hospital that was designed by a multi-disciplinary team of specialists and experts coordinated by Dr. Buchman. br/>
In 2014, the Emory Electronic ICU (eICU) officially began operations. Initiated by Dr. Buchman and funded by a Health Care Innovations Award (HCIA) from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the eICU is located in the Doctor's Center Building at ESJH and is linked to ICUs at ESJH, EUH, EUH Midtown, East Georgia Regional Medical Center, and Emory Johns Creek Hospital by HIPAA-secure, bi-directional AV technology and digital connections that carry encrypted medical data. All hardware/software derived patient data from the ICUs routes to the eICU and its 24-7 monitoring personnel, who work closely with providers in the member ICUs as they treat patients.
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