Jeff Byers, Cardiovascular Business
“Licensing, costs for technology and reimbursement for robotic telemedicine (RTM) continue to impede progress, according to an article published in the January/February edition of Telemedicine and e-Health.
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Al-Dorzi HM et al, BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 11
Background
Computerized physician order entry (CPOE) systems are recommended to improve patient safety and outcomes. However, their effectiveness has been questioned. Our objective was to evaluate the impact of CPOE implementation on the outcome of critically ill patients.
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The Times of India
“Gujarat health minister Jaynarayan Vyas enhanced the state’s healthcare infrastructure by adding 24 new state-of-the-art ambulances – ICU on Wheels – to government hospitals’ resources on Thursday.
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Chang Y-T et al, International Journal of Medical Informatics, 2011
Background
Nosocomial infections (NIs) are among the important indicators used for evaluating patients’ safety and hospital performance during accreditation of hospitals. NI rate is higher in Intensive Care Units (ICUs) than in the general wards because patients require intense care involving both invasive and non-invasive clinical procedures. The emergence of Superbugs is motivating health providers to enhance infection control measures. Contact behavior between health caregivers and patients is one of the main causes of cross infections. In this technology driven era remote monitoring of patients and caregivers in the hospital setting can be performed reliably, and thus is in demand. Proximity sensing using radio frequency identification (RFID) technology can be helpful in capturing and keeping track on all contact history between health caregivers and patients for example.
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Kho ME et al, Journal of Critical Care, 2011
Background
Early rehabilitation in the intensive care unit (ICU) improves patients’ physical function. Despite reports of using commercially available interactive video game systems for rehabilitation, there are few data evaluating feasibility and safety as part of routine in-patient rehabilitation, particularly in the ICU.
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Claire Swedberg, RFID Journal
“At Barnes-Jewish Hospital, located in St. Louis, Mo., researchers are testing a ZigBee-based RFID sensor system that tracks patients’ vital signs. The solution provides hospital employees with data regarding the vital signs of patients moving about the facility, using a sensor attached to the finger, and a transmitter worn around the neck.
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Neil Versel, InformationWeek
“Computerized physician order entry (CPOE), backed with clinical decision support (CDS), has long been considered an essential component of an electronic health record (EHR) because it is supposed to decrease duplication of orders and help prevent medical errors. But a new study suggests that some CPOE systems could be having exactly the opposite effect.
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Wetterneck TB et al, J Am Med Inform Assoc, 2011
Objective
To evaluate the incidence of duplicate medication orders before and after computerized provider order entry (CPOE) with clinical decision support (CDS) implementation and identify contributing factors.
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Collins SA et al, International Journal of Medical Informatics, 2010
Purpose
Effective interdisciplinary exchange of patient information is an essential component of safe, efficient, and patient-centered care in the intensive care unit (ICU). Frequent handoffs of patient care, high acuity of patient illness, and the increasing amount of available data complicate information exchange. Verbal communication can be affected by interruptions and time limitations. To supplement verbal communication, many ICUs rely on documentation in electronic health records (EHRs) to reduce errors of omission and information loss. The purpose of this study was to develop a model of EHR interdisciplinary information exchange of ICU common goals.
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Colpaert K et al, BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 10(1)
Background
Information technology (IT) may improve the quality, safety and efficiency of medicine, and is especially useful in intensive Care Units (ICUs) as these are extremely data-rich environments with round-the-clock changing parameters. However, data regarding the implementation rates of IT in ICUs are scarce, and restricted to non-European countries. The current paper aims to provide relevant information regarding implementation of IT in Flemish ICU’s (Flanders, Belgium).
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