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Published in: Critical Care 1/2005

01-02-2005 | Commentary

Scanning the horizon: emerging hospital-wide technologies and their impact on critical care

Authors: Ganesh Suntharalingam, Jonathan Cousins, David Gattas, Martin Chapman

Published in: Critical Care | Issue 1/2005

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Abstract

This commentary represents a selective survey of developments relevant to critical care. Selected themes include advances in point-of-care diagnostic testing, glucose control, novel microbiological diagnostics and infection control measures, and developments in information technology that have implications for intensive care. The latter encompasses an early example of an artificially intelligent clinical decision support mechanism, the introduction of a national health care information technology programme (UK NPfIT) and its implications, and exotic threats to patient safety due to emergent behaviour in complex information systems.
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Metadata
Title
Scanning the horizon: emerging hospital-wide technologies and their impact on critical care
Authors
Ganesh Suntharalingam
Jonathan Cousins
David Gattas
Martin Chapman
Publication date
01-02-2005
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Critical Care / Issue 1/2005
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/cc3046

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