TY - JOUR
T1 - Development and implementation of a pediatric cardiac anesthesia/intensive care database
AU - Mittnacht, Alexander J.C.
AU - Wax, David B.
AU - Srivastava, Shubikha
AU - Nguyen, Khanh
AU - Joashi, Umesh
PY - 2008/3
Y1 - 2008/3
N2 - Systematic collection and electronic storage of data can assist in improving quality and efficiency of patient care and can provide a data set to interrogate for subsequent performance improvement and clinical research purposes. In this article, an electronic perioperative pediatric cardiac surgery database to be used by a multidisciplinary care team was designed, developed, and implemented. Technical goals for the design included low cost, rapid development and implementation, adequate security, and potential for internal and external distribution. Implementation of the described database has proved to be invaluable for quality assurance and statistical analysis of data relevant to patient care. From the overall positive experience, it was concluded that the electronic data management does not always need major cost investment.
AB - Systematic collection and electronic storage of data can assist in improving quality and efficiency of patient care and can provide a data set to interrogate for subsequent performance improvement and clinical research purposes. In this article, an electronic perioperative pediatric cardiac surgery database to be used by a multidisciplinary care team was designed, developed, and implemented. Technical goals for the design included low cost, rapid development and implementation, adequate security, and potential for internal and external distribution. Implementation of the described database has proved to be invaluable for quality assurance and statistical analysis of data relevant to patient care. From the overall positive experience, it was concluded that the electronic data management does not always need major cost investment.
KW - Anesthesia
KW - Congenital heart surgery
KW - Database
KW - Electronic record keeping
KW - Intensive care unit
KW - Pediatric
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U2 - 10.1177/1089253208316445
DO - 10.1177/1089253208316445
M3 - Article
C2 - 18397903
AN - SCOPUS:42449118399
SN - 1089-2532
VL - 12
SP - 12
EP - 17
JO - Seminars in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia
JF - Seminars in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia
IS - 1
ER -