How to implement information technology in the operating room and the intensive care unit.
The number of operating rooms and intensive care units looking for a data management system to perform their increasingly complex tasks is rising. Although at this time only a minority is computerized, within the next few years many centres will start implementing information technology. The transition towards a computerized system is a major venture, which will have a major impact on workflow. This chapter reviews the present literature. Published papers on this subject are predominantly single- or multi-centre implementation reports. The general principles that should guide such a process are described. For healthcare institutions or individual practitioners that plan to undertake this venture, the implementation process is described in a practical, nine-step overview.
Meyfroidt
Geert
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Department of Intensive Care Medicine, UZ Leuven--Campus Gasthuisberg, Catholic University of Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium. geert.meyfroidt@uzleuven.be
D003195:Computer Communication Networks / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration; D003628:Database Management Systems / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009870:Operating Room Information Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010346:Patient Care Management / Q000458:organization & administration