The use of computer decision support systems for the critical care environment.

摘要

My colleagues and I have been talking about the future of computerized decision support and how it may impact us. Can you give us more information about how this currently works and the related benefits and burdens? As the workload of primary care providers continues to increase, the use of automation in the intensive care unit (ICU) environment has been touted as a way to increase effectiveness of patient care and standardize practice, while reducing the number of complications associated with the use of manually implemented approaches. Medical computer decision support (CDS), or computer decision assist, applications are a type of information technology system that embed the expertise of experienced care providers and/or standards of care into a computerized system. They can be implemented at any care level including prehospital, emergency departments, operating rooms, and ICUs.