The convergence of two rapidly developing technologies-high-throughput genotyping and
electronic health records (EHRs)-gives scientists an unprecedented opportunity to utilize …

There is a broad consensus that 21st century health care will require intensive use of
information technology to acquire and analyze data and then manage and disseminate …

Objective To examine whether a supplemental remote intensive care unit (ICU) care
program, implemented by an integrated delivery network using a commercial telemedicine …

Objective To determine the percentage of time that intensive care unit (ICU) nurses spend
on documentation and other nursing activities before and after installation of a third …

Critical care practice has been embodied in the healthcare system since the
institutionalization of intensive care units (ICUs) in the late'50s. Over time, this sector has …

PURPOSE: The introduction of a Critical Care Information System (CCIS) into an intensive
care unit (ICU) is purported to reduce the time health care providers (HCP) spend on …

Objective: To test the hypotheses that:(1) integrating information processing tasks using an
electronic clinical information system (ECIS) decreases time to complete these tasks by …

Background Computing technology has the potential to improve health care management
but is often underutilized. Handheld computers are versatile and relatively inexpensive …

Care pathways aim to promote evidence-and guideline-based care, improve the
organisation and efficiency of care, and reduce cost. In the past decade, care pathways have …

The first use of computers in critical care units were described in the mid 1960s. They
reported the use of very large mainframe computers that filled entire rooms yet had very …