Anesthesia information management systems: Past, present, and future of anesthesia records

Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 154-165

  Kadry, Bassam ^a   Feaster, William W ^a   MacArio, Alex ^a   Ehrenfeld, Jesse M ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

anesthesia information management systems; electronic medical record; operating room management; outcomes research

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY PRESSURE; ANESTHESIA INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM; ANESTHESIA LEVEL; ANESTHESIOLOGY; ANESTHESIST; ANESTHETIC RECORD; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BREATHING RATE; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); COST CONTROL; DRUG COST; DRUG USE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; END TIDAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART RATE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RECORD; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PNEUMOTHORAX; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PULSE OXIMETRY; QUALITY CONTROL; REIMBURSEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIZED NOMENCLATURE OF MEDICINE; TACHYCARDIA; TIDAL VOLUME; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH;

ANESTHESIA; HUMANS; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MEDICAL RECORDS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84855787726     PISSN: 00272507     EISSN: 19317581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/msj.21281     Document Type: Article

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