VISICU History

Drs. Michael Breslow and Brian Rosenfeld founded VISICU, Inc. in Baltimore, Maryland in 1998. Together, the two intensivists managed Adult Critical Care at Johns Hopkins Hospital for more than twenty-five years.

VISICU was incorporated in 1998 and commercialized its eICU® Program in July 2000 with the first implementation at Sentara Healthcare in Norfolk, Virginia. In April 2006, VISICU became a publicly traded company on the NASDAQ National Stock Exchange (symbol eICU®). On February 20, 2008, VISICU was acquired by Philips Holding USA Inc. (“PHUSA”), a subsidiary of Koninklijke Philips Electronics.