AI in Clinical and Critical Care Medicine (Vol. 2)

AI in Clinical and Critical Care Medicine (Vol. 2)

From Bedside to System — How Artificial Intelligence Transforms ICU Operations, Leadership & Infrastructure

Volume 1 took AI to the bedside. Volume 2 takes it to the system. Individual patient care is only half the story — the harder problem is running the unit. Written by a practicing Chief Intensivist, this guide moves into ICU operations, leadership, and infrastructure, turning AI from a clinical curiosity into operational medicine made practical.

What’s inside

• Workflow & automation — real-world ICU processes rebuilt around AI, not bolted onto them
• Smart ICU design — an implementation roadmap, not a vision statement
• People & communication — burnout prevention and closed-loop communication that actually holds
• Quality & accreditation — benchmarking and a chapter mapping AI directly to NABH standards
• ICU finance — with real figures, not hand-waving
• Systems & automation — SOP generation and agentic multi-agent systems
• Safety & resilience — infection control and disaster medicine
• The Indian context — critical care operations grounded in local realities

Operational reference only — implementation decisions remain the responsibility of the institution and its leadership.

By Dr. Gunadhar Padhi — Chief Intensivist, MD, IDCCM, FCCCM, ECMO (Paris); author of the EDIC preparation series.