Introduction of computerized anesthesia-recording systems and construction of comprehensive medical information network for patients undergoing surgery in the University of Tokyo Hospital

The computerized anesthesia-recording systems are expensive and the introduction of the systems takes time and requires huge effort. Generally speaking, the efficacy of the computerized anesthesia-recording systems on the anesthetic managements is focused on the ability to automatically input data f...

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Published inMasui. The Japanese journal of anesthesiology Vol. 58; no. 10; p. 1316
Main Authors Kitamura, Takayuki, Hoshimoto, Hiroyuki, Yamada, Yoshitsugu
Format Journal Article
LanguageJapanese
Published Japan 01.10.2009
Subjects
Anesthesiology - instrumentation
Anesthesiology - methods
Hospitals, University
Humans
Information Services
Medical Errors - prevention & control
Medical Errors - psychology
Medical Informatics
Monitoring, Intraoperative - instrumentation
Quality of Health Care
Surgical Procedures, Operative
Tokyo
Tokyo
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Summary:The computerized anesthesia-recording systems are expensive and the introduction of the systems takes time and requires huge effort. Generally speaking, the efficacy of the computerized anesthesia-recording systems on the anesthetic managements is focused on the ability to automatically input data from the monitors to the anesthetic records, and tends to be underestimated. However, once the computerized anesthesia-recording systems are integrated into the medical information network, several features, which definitely contribute to improve the quality of the anesthetic management, can be developed; for example, to prevent misidentification of patients, to prevent mistakes related to blood transfusion, and to protect patients' personal information. Here we describe our experiences of the introduction of the computerized anesthesia-recording systems and the construction of the comprehensive medical information network for patients undergoing surgery in The University of Tokyo Hospital. We also discuss possible efficacy of the comprehensive medical information network for patients during surgery under anesthetic managements.
ISSN:0021-4892