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Automation in Hospitals and Healthcare

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Healthcare is a complex industry, but yet it lags behind virtually all others in automation and use of information technology (IT). For healthcare, technology serves as an untapped catalyst for higher efficiency, lower cost and broader access to care. The appropriate application can minimize medical errors, promote better management of chronic illness, and enable clinicians to intervene earlier and anticipate prognosis. Additionally, medical informatics provides the tools to generate new insights about both individuals and entire populations through data analysis and visualization. These systems can also be used in support of continuous quality improvement efforts as well as to reduce inefficiencies. While significant strides have been made in the implementation of medical informatics, there are numerous challenges to resolve before we will be able to realize the full benefits of healthcare IT.

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Abbreviations

ADT:

admission/transfer/discharge

ATM:

air traffic management

ATM:

asynchronous transfer mode

ATM:

automatic teller machine

CPOE:

computerized provider order entry

CQI:

continuous quality improvement

CRM:

customer relationship management

CT:

computed tomography

DRG:

diagnostic related group

EBP:

evidence-based practice

ECG:

electrocardiogram

EMR:

electronic medical record

ERP:

enterprise resource planning

HITSP:

Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel

HL7:

Health Level 7

IHE:

integrating the healthcare enterprise

IT:

information technology

LOINC:

logical observation identifiers names and codes

MQIC:

Medical Quality Improvement Consortium

MRI:

magnetic resonance imaging

NICU:

neonatal intensive care unit

PACS:

picture archiving and communications system

PET:

positron emission tomography

PHR:

personal healthcare record

RHIO:

regional health information organization

SOAP:

simple object access protocol

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  1. GE Healthcare IT, Pollards Wood, Nightingales Lane, HP8 4SP, Chalfont St Giles, UK

    Brandon Savage

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  1. PRISM Center, and School of Industrial Engineering, Purdue University, 315 N. Grant Street, 47907, West Lafayette, IN, USA

    Shimon Y. Nof

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Savage, B. (2009). Automation in Hospitals and Healthcare. In: Nof, S. (eds) Springer Handbook of Automation. Springer Handbooks. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-78831-7_77

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