Evaluation of Rostrum’s VQm® by Southlake Regional Health Centre Demonstrated Potential Cost-Savings Strategies to Manage Mechanically Ventilated Patients in the ICU

Over 350,000 patients in Canada are admitted into the intensive care unit (ICU) annually, with 40% of those patients needing invasive mechanical ventilation. Managing mechanically ventilated patients can be complex due to providers having to simultaneously treat the underlying condition and the potential impacts a ventilator may have on the patient, which can lead to costly complications.