KEY POINTS 1. Information technology (IT) can improve healthcare in its (1) efficiency in terms of economical achievement of goals, (2) effectiveness by improving the capacity to do so, and (3) efficacy with the capacity to achieve success under ideal,…
KEY POINTS 1. The admission of a premature or critically ill infant to a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) is a stressful event for parents. 2. Parents in the NICU experience stress-induced emotional problems related to infant hospitalization, loss of…
KEY POINTS 1. Historically, neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) have been designed as open-bay units with multiple patient beds in a room. However, the trend has shifted toward designing units with single-patient or single-family rooms. 2. Single-family rooms have facilitated…