Wireless clinical alerts for critical medication, laboratory and physiologic data
- 1 January 2000
- proceedings article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in Proceedings. AMIA Symposium
- Vol. 1, 789-93
- https://doi.org/10.1109/hicss.2000.926784
Abstract
A fully interfaced clinical information system (CIS) contains physiologic, laboratory, blood gas, medication and other data that can be used as the information base for a comprehensive alerting system. Coupled with an event driven rules engine, a CIS can generate clinical alerts which may both prevent medical errors and assist caregivers in responding to critical events in a timely way. The authors have developed a clinical alerting system which delivers alerts and reminders to clinicians in real time via a alphanumeric display pagers. This paper will describe the system, the type and number of alerts generated, and the impact on clinical practice. A major issue remains in measuring the impact of wireless alerts on patient outcomes.Keywords
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