Year in Review: Telecritical Care Medicine

Monday, March 23, 2026

3:15 PM - 4:15 PM Central Time

Location: W179

Concurrent Session Moderator(s)

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Sonia Everhart, BCCCP, BCPS, PharmD (she/her/hers)

Atrium Health, North Carolina

Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose.

This session, from SCCM's Telecritical Care Medicine Section, will review key published literature from 2025 in the filed of telecritical care medicine.

Learning Objectives:

Examine the role of AI in enhancing decision-making, optimizing patient outcomes, and ensuring ethical and responsible implementation of telecritical care
Analyze the evolution of critical care delivery, including new models that enable the provision of virtual care from anywhere to everywhere
Review the impact of telepharmacy in critical care settings, its growing role in medication management, and how it supports remote patient care
Explore how virtual nursing is transforming patient monitoring, care coordination, and workforce efficiency
Discuss the evidence on the value of telecritical care

Presentations:

3:20 PM - 3:30 PM Central Time

Redefining Telecritical Care Trends and Evolving Care Models in 2026
Andre L. Holder, MD, MS, FCCM – Emory University School of Medicine
3:30 PM - 3:40 PM Central Time

Revolutionizing Healthcare with Ethical and Responsible AI
Krzysztof Laudanski, MD, PhD, FCCM – Mayo Clinic
3:40 PM - 3:50 PM Central Time

Expanding the Role of Virtual Nursing
Teresa Rincon, BSN, PhD, FCCM
3:50 PM - 4:00 PM Central Time

The State of Telepharmacy
Carrie Griffiths, PharmD, BCCCP, FCCM (she/her/hers) – W. G. (Bill) Hefner Salisbury Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center