title: Electronic patient records system as a monitoring tool.
abstract: Data collected in electronic patient records (EPR) databases may be used for different goals besides their direct purpose - information support for medical staff in their everyday activities. One of the most promising spheres is a monitoring of various processes induced in medical facility. In our studies EPR serves as a basis for healthcare associated infections (HAI) surveillance system at neurosurgical intensive care unit. The results of HAI prospective surveillance using EPR are presented and discussed.
authors.affiliation: N. N. Burdenko Neurosurgery Institute, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shifrin
authors.affiliation: N. N. Burdenko Neurosurgery Institute, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: Natalia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kurdumova
authors.affiliation: N. N. Burdenko Neurosurgery Institute, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: Gleb
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Danilov
authors.affiliation: N. N. Burdenko Neurosurgery Institute, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: Olga
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ershova
authors.affiliation: N. N. Burdenko Neurosurgery Institute, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: Ivan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Savin
authors.affiliation: N. N. Burdenko Neurosurgery Institute, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: Irina
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Alexandrova
authors.affiliation: N. N. Burdenko Neurosurgery Institute, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: Ekaterina
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sokolova
authors.affiliation: N. N. Burdenko Neurosurgery Institute, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: Togrul
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tabasaranskiy
mesh_terms: D003428:Cross Infection / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000517:prevention & control; D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods; D057286:Electronic Health Records / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012426:Russia; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000517:prevention & control*