title: [Development and clinical evaluation of an anesthesia information management system].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the design, implementation and clinical evaluation of an anesthesia information management system.
  
  
  METHODS
  To record, process and store peri-operative patient data automatically, all kinds of bedside monitoring equipments are connected into the system based on information integrating technology; after a statistical analysis of those patient data by data mining technology, patient status can be evaluated automatically based on risk prediction standard and decision support system, and then anesthetist could perform reasonable and safe clinical processes; with clinical processes electronically recorded, standard record tables could be generated, and clinical workflow is optimized, as well.
  
  
  RESULTS
  With the system, kinds of patient data could be collected, stored, analyzed and archived, kinds of anesthesia documents could be generated, and patient status could be evaluated to support clinic decision.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The anesthesia information management system is useful for improving anesthesia quality, decreasing risk of patient and clinician, and aiding to provide clinical proof.
authors.affiliation: First Affiliated Hospital, Medical School of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310003, China.
authors.forename: Jing-yi
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.forename: Hua
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Sheng-mei
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Zhu
mesh_terms: D000758:Anesthesia; D000776:Anesthesiology / Q000379:methods*; D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical; D006801:Humans; D008331:Management Information Systems; D012984:Software