NI_ICU

• Nursing informatics integrates nursing information and knowledge with technology to manage and integrate health information
• The goal of nursing informatics is to improve the health of people and communities while reducing costs
• Intensive Care Unit (ICU) is a special part of the hospital that provides care to patients with severe, life-threatening injuries or illnesses
• ICUs have higher nurse-to-patient ratios than other parts of the hospital
• ICUs can provide specialized treatments, such as life support
• Timeline of computers in ICU:

  • 1946: Introduction of the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC), the first general-purpose computer
  • 1960s: Academic institutions began developing computer systems
  • 1970s: Hospitals developed EMR systems like POMR, HELP, TMR, and COSTAR
  • COSTAR was a computer language better formatted for medical data
  • Regenstrief Medical Record System (RMRS) was one of the first systems for in-patient and outpatient settings
  • Shubin and Weil introduced the computer to the ICU in 1966 for collecting vital signs
  • In the 1990s, ICU systems improved significantly with increased clinical functionality and Internet access
• Clinical Assessment, Research, and Education System (CARE) was a clinical decision support system developed for critically ill surgical patients
• Special software is installed in the computer system to enable access and use of the critical care information system
• Examples of systems in the critical care information system:

  • Bedside monitoring system
  • Infusion pumps
  • Mechanical ventilators
  • Mixed venous oxygen saturation monitors
• How does computer makes situation in ICU better? At least 3 benefits of Computers

  1. It assist in vital sign taking. 2. It makes evaluation of result easy by making graphs
• Advantages of Critical Care System:

  1. Integrates and processes physiologic and diagnostic information
• Advantages of Critical Care System:

  2. Creates trend analysis with graphical representation
• Advantages of Critical Care System:

  3. Allows offline stimulation to test patient conditions
• Advantages of Critical Care System:

  4. Provides a clinical decision support system
• Advantages of Critical Care System:

  5. Provides access to vital patient information
• Advantages of Critical Care System:

  6. Offers feedback and quick evaluation of patient condition with alerts
• Critical Care Information System: 1. Provides real-time resource utilization data and management of information
• Critical Care Information System:

  2. Enables electronic collection of hospital and patient-specific critical care data
• Critical Care Information System:

  3. Automates collection and management of medical information
• Importance of Informatics:

  1. Allows easy access to patient data and electronic medical records
• IMPORTANCE OF INFORMATICS:

  2. Speeds up the diagnosis and treatment process, improving health outcomes
• IMPORTANCE OF INFORMATICS:

  3. Enables better patient care and reduced overhead costs
• IMPORTANCE OF INFORMATICS:

  4. Facilitates efficient sharing of information between doctors and patients
• IMPORTANCE OF INFORMATICS:

  5. Improves medication administration accuracy
• IMPORTANCE OF INFORMATICS:

  6. Helps store and organize patient medical history for easy access and updates
• System for in-patient and out-patient

  Regenstrief Medical Record System (RMRS)