title: Intensive care: the next level for IT.
abstract: Intensive patient care areas like the emergency room, surgical suites and intensive care units have their own challenges, radically different from other inpatient units. Automating these areas requires a different level of IT product, design and development.
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Hagland
mesh_terms: D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration; D004867:Equipment Design; D006751:Hospital Information Systems / Q000639:trends*; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000458:organization & administration*; D020407:Internet; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D012984:Software / Q000639:trends*; D018511:Systems Integration; D014481:United States