Computer-assisted medical direction of respiratory care.
As medical technology and the increased demand for respiratory care make concurrent monitoring of all respiratory care services more difficult, computers are coming to the aid of medical directors and quality assurance committees. The respiratory care staff at LDS Hospital, Salt Lake City, has used computers to enhance patient care and quality assurance.
D006746:Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over; D006748:Hospital Departments / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012139:Respiratory Therapy Department, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013813:Therapy, Computer-Assisted; D014589:Utah