Anesthesia Information Management Improves Care Quality
By HospiMedica staff writers
Posted on 21 Apr 2008
An anesthesia information-management system (AIMS) enables anesthesiologists to promote patient safety, support research and compliance, and support efficiency in perioperative areas.Posted on 21 Apr 2008
The MetaVision for operating rooms (MV-OR) anesthesia information-management system is a fully integrated, customizable solution for data collection and presentation, order management, clinical analysis, and decision support. In addition to automating workflow in the operating room (OR), hospitals can use the MetaVision decision support tools to promote best practices and analyze results. The MV-OR system provides comprehensive support for the entire perioperative process (pre-op, intra-op, and post-op). A multiparametric decision support tool named Event Manager facilitates rapid detection of adverse changes in patient status by notifying clinicians when a set of pre-defined conditions has been met. This increases the promptness of treatment decisions, supports research and quality assurance activities, and enhances clinician adherence to guidelines.
Another feature, Query Wizard, is an intuitive tool for query and report generation, which supports clinical research, quality initiatives, and business analysis. Offering on-line queries and report generation across entire patient populations for research and cost analysis, the wizard requires no programming experience, and information retrieved from such queries can be readily exported into Microsoft Office applications. The MV-OR is a product of iMDsoft (Tel Aviv, Israel).
"We chose MetaVision because it provides a fully integrated solution to help us improve care quality, enhance financial performance, and continue our market leadership,” said William E. Hurford M.D., professor and chairman of the department of anesthesiology at University Hospital (Cincinnati, OH, USA). "Our mission is to provide high quality, affordable health care through best clinical practices and resource utilization.”
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