Steurbaut, Kristof

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System Design of Medical Decision Support forIntensive CareKristof SteurbautDepartment of Information Technology, Ghent University, IBBTSupervisor(s): Filip De Turck, Johan DecruyenaereNowadays, physicians and nurses still perform time-consuming and complex data analyses onindividual patient data for making medical decisions. Although commercial systems are able toreplace paper-based patient records, advanced medical decision support is still moderate. The in-creasing complexity of medical procedures in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) requires time- anddata driven software services, on the one hand to reduce improper use of antibiotics and inappro-priate therapies, on the other hand to offer earlier and more accurate detection of infections andantibiotic resistance. Services analyze daily findings and alert the clinicians immediately whencritical patients need changes in their therapy or to signal worsening conditions. All these servicescontribute to an increased efficiency of patient care. Information Technology has the potential ofimproving quality of care, safety and cost-effectiveness of critical care medicine. To this end, au-tomated service solutions have been designed and implemented for infection control and antibioticmanagement in the ICU. Examples include alerts of kidney functioning, antibiotic dosing and in-fection surveillance services. The services can be plugged in a service execution platform, offeringgeneric functionality for data collection, event handling and service management. A web basedservice oriented architecture offers several advantages over classical software design approachesthanks to the flexible design of complex medical applications by integrating basic services, effi-cient distribution of services over the available workstations and the involvement of the physicianin the software specification process.

System design of medical decision support for intensive care

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System design of medical decision support for intensive care

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