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Applied Pervasive Patient Timeline in Intensive Care Units

Applied Pervasive Patient Timeline in Intensive Care Units

André Braga, Filipe Portela, Manuel Filipe Santos, António da Silva Abelha, José Machado, Álvaro Silva, Fernando Rua
Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 13
ISBN13: 9781799824510|ISBN10: 1799824519|EISBN13: 9781799824527
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-2451-0.ch028
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Braga, André, et al. "Applied Pervasive Patient Timeline in Intensive Care Units." Hospital Management and Emergency Medicine: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice, edited by Information Resources Management Association, IGI Global, 2020, pp. 567-579. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-2451-0.ch028

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Braga, A., Portela, F., Santos, M. F., Abelha, A. D., Machado, J., Silva, Á., & Rua, F. (2020). Applied Pervasive Patient Timeline in Intensive Care Units. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Hospital Management and Emergency Medicine: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice (pp. 567-579). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-2451-0.ch028

Chicago

Braga, André, et al. "Applied Pervasive Patient Timeline in Intensive Care Units." In Hospital Management and Emergency Medicine: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice, edited by Information Resources Management Association, 567-579. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2020. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-2451-0.ch028

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Abstract

This study has the objective of introducing an innovative way of presenting and representing information concerning patients in Intensive Care Units. Therefore, the Pervasive Patient Timeline, which has the purpose of offering support to intensivists' decision-making process, by providing access to a real-time environment, was developed. The solution is patient-centred as it can be accessed from anywhere, at any time and it contains patients' clinical data since they are admitted to the ICU until their discharge. The environment holds data concerning vital signs, laboratory results, therapeutics, and data mining predictions, which can be analysed to have a better understanding of patients' present and future condition. Due to the nature of the critical care environment, the pervasive aspect is crucial because it allows intensivists make decisions when they have to be made. The Pervasive Patient Timeline is focused on improving the quality of care by helping the intensivists perform better in their daily activity.

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