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Patient-Monitoring Systems

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Biomedical Informatics

Part of the book series: Health Informatics ((HI))

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After reading this chapter, you should know the answers to these questions:

  • What is patient monitoring, and why is it done?

  • What are the primary applications of computerized patient-monitoring systems in the intensive-care unit?

  • How do computer-based patient monitors aid health professionals in collecting, analyzing, and displaying data?

  • What are the advantages of using microprocessors in bedside monitors?

  • What are the important issues for collecting high-quality data either automatically or manually in the intensive-care unit?

  • Why is integration of data from many sources in the hospital necessary if a computer is to assist in critical-care-management decisions?

Portions of this chapter are based on Shabot M.M., Gardner R.M. (Eds.) (1994). Decision Support Systems in Critical Care, Boston, Springer-Verlag; and Gardner R.M., Sittig D.F., Clemmer T.P. (1995). Computers in the ICU: A Match Meant to Be! In Ayers S.M., et al. (Eds.), Textbook of Critical Care (3rd ed., p. 1757). Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders.

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  • Gardner R.M., Sittig D.F., Clemmer T.P. (1995). Computers in the intensive care unit: a match meant to be! In W.C. Shoemaker et al. (Eds.), Textbook of Critical Care (3rd ed., pp. 1757–1770). Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Medical Informatics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 84132, USA

    Reed M. Gardner

  2. Surgical Intensive Care and Medical Director, Enterprise Information Services, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, 90048, USA

    M. Michael Shabot

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, 10032-3720, USA

    Edward H. Shortliffe MD, PhD, MACP  & James J. Cimino MD, FACP  & 

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Gardner, R.M., Shabot, M.M. (2006). Patient-Monitoring Systems. In: Shortliffe, E.H., Cimino, J.J. (eds) Biomedical Informatics. Health Informatics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-36278-9_17

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