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How does my physician work with the Critical Connections team?
The patient’s family physician or surgeon selects the level of care they wish the Critical Connections team to provide. This may range from monitoring only, to full service – where Critical Connections physicians make decisions about treatment when the patient’s physician is not present in the ICU. Regardless of the circumstances, Critical Connections physicians talk frequently with the patient’s physician about his or her plan of medical care.

Your physician makes the decisions.

The patient’s physician makes all final decisions regarding care and treatment plans. Because this physician and the Critical Connections physician discuss medical status and treatment plans daily, the Critical Connections physician may modify treatment according to the attending physician’s plan when he or she is not present in the hospital.