Page Intentionally Left Blank SECTION 5: ICU PHYSICIAN STAFFING (IPS) This section includes questions and reference information for Section 5 ICU Physician Staffing. Please carefully review the questions, endnotes, and reference information (e.g., measure specifications, notes, and frequently asked questions) before you begin. Failure to review the reference information could result in inaccurate responses. Section 5: 2016 ICU Physician Staffing (IPS) Standard Link to IPS Fact A hospital fully meeting this standard assures that: in its are by physicians who: Are (on-site, or via 33 that meets Leapfrog specifications) during daytime hours a minimum of 8 hours per day, 7 days per week, and during this time provide clinical care 30 in the ICU; and At other times** . . . ; Return more than 95% of ICU calls/pages within 5 minutes, based on a of notification device response time;* and Can rely on a physician, physician assistant, nurse practitioner, or a who is in the hospital and able to reach ICU patients within 5 minutes in more than 95% of cases, based on a quantified hospital analysis of notification device response time.* * This may exclude low-urgency calls/pages, if the notification device system can designate low-urgency calls/pages or if the hospital has an alternative scientific method for documenting high-urgency calls/pages that are not returned within 5 minutes.
Page Intentionally Left Blank SECTION 5: ICU PHYSICIAN STAFFING (IPS) This section includes questions and reference information for Section 5 ICU Physician Staffing. Please carefully review the questions, endnotes, and reference information (e.g., measure specifications, notes, and frequently asked questions) before you begin. Failure to review the reference information could result in inaccurate responses. Section 5: 2016 ICU Physician Staffing (IPS) Standard Link to IPS Fact A hospital fully meeting this standard assures that: in its are by physicians who: Are (on-site, or via 33 that meets Leapfrog specifications) during daytime hours a minimum of 8 hours per day, 7 days per week, and during this time provide clinical care 30 in the ICU; and At other times** . . . ; Return more than 95% of ICU calls/pages within 5 minutes, based on a of notification device response time;* and Can rely on a physician, physician assistant, nurse practitioner, or a who is in the hospital and able to reach ICU patients within 5 minutes in more than 95% of cases, based on a quantified hospital analysis of notification device response time.* * This may exclude low-urgency calls/pages, if the notification device system can designate low-urgency calls/pages or if the hospital has an alternative scientific method for documenting high-urgency calls/pages that are not returned within 5 minutes.
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