title: Advanced course for doctors as Departmental IT Network Administrators in anesthesia and intensive care units.
abstract: The design and administration of a departmental computer network (Local Area Network) in anesthesiology and intensive care offer the opportunity to manage clinical information and control the work-flow. To improve the local network, after basic design, intelligence is necessary to maintain its efficiency. For this reason the role of a medical administrator of the network is fundamental because he is a qualified figure who recognizes the most important characteristics that a network must have, knows the users of the system, represents a valid consultant for the technician that has to build the network, and is able to face possible breakdowns. This paper illustrates the structure of a course to train a medical network administrator in anesthesiology and critical care.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesia, Ospedale Buccheri La Ferla, Fatebenefratelli, Via Messina Marine 197, Palermo 90123, Italy. Lanza@unipa.it
authors.forename: Vincenzo
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Lanza
authors.forename: Chun-Hsi
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D000761:Anesthesia Department, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing; D007254:Information Science / Q000193:education*; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000458:organization & administration; D008122:Local Area Networks