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PubMed1997

Clinical-HINTS: integrated intelligent ICU patient monitoring and information management system.

Clinical-HINTS (Health Intelligence System) is a horizontally integrated decision support system (DSS) designed to meet the requirements for intelligent real-time clinical information management in critical care medical environments and to lay the foundation for the development of the next generation of intelligent medical instrumentation. The system presented was developed to refine and complement the information yielded by clinical laboratory investigations, thereby benefiting the management of the intensive care unit (ICU) patient. More specifically, Clinical-HINTS was developed to provide computer-based assistance with the acquisition, organisation and display, storage and retrieval, communication and generation of real-time patient-specific clinical information in an ICU. Clinical-HINTS is an object-oriented system developed in C+2 to run under Microsoft Windows as an embryo intelligent agent. Current generic reasoning skills include perception and reactive cognition of patient status but exclude therapeutic action. The system monitors the patient by communicating with the available sources of data and uses generic reasoning skills to generate intelligent alarms, or HINTS, on various levels of interpretation of an observed dysfunction, even in the presence of complex disorders. The system's communication and information management capabilities are used to acquire physiological data, and to store them along with their interpretations and any interventions for the dynamic recognition of interrelated pathophysiological states or clinical events.

Artificial Intelligence↗
PubMed1979

A recommended management information system for mental health treatment programs.

On the basis of information obtained during a study of former mental patients under a research grant from the state of Florida, the authors point out the critical need for more comprehensive management information systems. Twelve specific steps for designing and implementing such a system are outlined.

Community Mental Health Services↗
PubMed1998

[An analysis of the decision process in the pharmacological treatment of a patient with chronic heart failure by means of a therapy management information system: the experience of the Montescano Heart Failure Unit].

A computer-based system integrated into the hospital information system for the pharmacological management of the chronic heart-failure patients admitted to the heart-failure unit of Montescano is presented. The major aims of the system involved monitoring the patients' treatment history and the related therapeutic decision-making. The treatment history of the first 151 consecutive CHF patients admitted after the system implementation is examined. The prescribed drug doses at admission and at discharge are compared, as well as the differences in etiology and NYHA class between patients discharged with or without each drug. Several considerations can be drawn from this analysis. First of all, in heart failure patients the choice of drugs is limited and optimal treatment is a result of individualized dosages. Secondly, time and trials are necessary to obtain optimal treatment. Consequently, continuity of care and in- and out-hospital networks are advisable. Third, a computer-based system offers advantages not only for the pharmacological management itself, but also for improving the quality of care through continuous analysis of the decision-making process.

Cardiology Service, Hospital↗
PubMed1999

The poverty of information systems management in home health agencies: implications for survivability.

Home health agencies are increasingly being challenged to cope with economic, financial and clinical pressures. This study examines the extent to which home health agencies have cultivated their information systems as an aid for managing performance and external forces. Colorado and New Mexico home health agencies participated in the research project. The findings indicate that only modest investments have been made by respondents in their information systems. The typical respondent reports a personal computer-based system which addresses some financial reporting data, but which does not emphasize care delivery or contextual factors. The implications of these findings for the survivability of home health agencies are discussed.

Computer Systems↗
PubMed2000

The poverty of information systems management in home health agencies: implications for survivability.

Home health agencies are increasingly being challenged to cope with economic, financial and clinical pressures. This study examines the extent to which home health agencies have cultivated their information systems as an aid for managing performance and external forces. Colorado and New Mexico home health agencies participated in the research project. The findings indicate that only modest investments have been made by respondents in their information systems. The typical respondent reports a personal computer-based system which addresses some financial reporting data, but which does not emphasize care delivery or contextual factors. The implications of these findings for the survivability of home health agencies are discussed.

Colorado↗