Island Hospital’s medical personnel can now give patients in the intensive care unit access to specialists around-the-clock without having to leave the hospital, according to a press release.

Tele-ICU was placed in use Tuesday. Critical care specialists from Intercept TeleMed, developer of the tele-ICU program, can assist the ICU bedside team in monitoring vital signs, lab results, blood tests and other data to detect early warning signs and make changes more immediately.