RT Book, Section A1 Herasevich, Vitaly A1 Gajic, Ognjen A1 Pickering, Brian W. A2 Hall, Jesse B. A2 Schmidt, Gregory A. A2 Kress, John P. SR Print(0) ID 1107711109 T1 Principles of Medical Informatics and Clinical Informatics in the ICU T2 Principles of Critical Care, 4e YR 2015 FD 2015 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9780071738811 LK accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1107711109 RD 2024/11/14 AB Development of data integration platforms, Clinical Decision Support Systems (CDSS), telemedicine, and mobile computing applications are 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 little 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