The anesthesia information management system for electronic documentation: What are we waiting for?

Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 404-411

  Bloomfield, Eric L ^a,b   Feinglass, Neil G ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Data collection; Decision support; Electronic medical record

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIOLOGY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; OPERATING ROOM; PATIENT SAFETY; PEROPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; UNITED STATES;

ANESTHESIA; DOCUMENTATION; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 56549113426     PISSN: 09138668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00540-008-0643-1     Document Type: Review

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