RT Book, Section A1 Herasevich, Vitaly A1 Lipatov, Kirill A1 Pickering, Brian W. A2 Schmidt, Gregory A. A2 Kress, John P. A2 Douglas, Ivor S. SR Print(0) ID 1201798479 T1 Principles of Medical Informatics: Clinical Informatics in the ICU T2 Hall, Schmidt and Wood’s Principles of Critical Care, 5th Edition YR 2023 FD 2023 PB McGraw Hill PP New York, NY SN 9781264264353 LK accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1201798479 RD 2024/09/10 AB Development of data integration platforms, clinical decision support systems (CDSS), telemedicine, and mobile computing applications is rapidly changing the acute hospital environment.The widespread adoption of health information technology (HIT) is being actively promoted as a tool to facilitate quality and safety of health care.High cost, indiscriminate data presentation, information overload, and a lack of human factor consideration present significant barriers to wider HIT adoption.Although HIT adoption improved some elements of quality and safety, there is currently limited evidence to prove that HIT adoption is associated with improved patient-centered outcomes.To get the most from the digitalization of the ICU environment, an integrated and multidisciplinary approach is required. Medical informatics and human factor engineering provide a core methodology and tools for meaningful use of HIT to optimize quality and safety of critical care delivery