Abstract
The aim of this study was to quantify the impact of ProCCESs AWARE, Ambient Clinical Analytics, Rochester, MN, a novel acute care electronic medical record interface, on a range of care process and patient health outcome metrics in intensive care units (ICUs). ProCCESs AWARE is a novel acute care EMR interface that contains built-in tools for error prevention, practice surveillance, decision support and reporting. We compared outcomes before and after AWARE implementation using a prospective cohort and a historical control. The study population included all critically ill adult patients (over 18 years old) admitted to four ICUs at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, who stayed in hospital at least 24 h. The pre-AWARE cohort included 983 patients from 2010, and the post-AWARE cohort included 856 patients from 2014. We analyzed patient health outcomes, care process quality, and hospital charges. After adjusting for patient acuity and baseline demographics, overall in-hospital and ICU mortality odds ratios associated with AWARE intervention were 0.45 (95% confidence interval 0.30 to 0.70) and 0.38 (0.22, 0.66). ICU length of stay decreased by about 50%, hospital length of stay by 37%, and total charges for hospital stay by 30% in post AWARE cohort (by $43,745 after adjusting for patient acuity and demographics). Better organization of information in the ICU with systems like AWARE has the potential to improve important patient outcomes, such as mortality and length of stay, resulting in reductions in costs of care.
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All authors, Natalia Olchanski, Mikhail A. Dziadzko, Ing C. Tiong, Craig E. Daniels, Steve G. Peters, John C. O’Horo, MD, Michelle N. Gong, declare that he or she has no conflict of interest.
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Figure S1
AWARE screenshot – global patient overview. Boxes represent patients and their geographical location in the ICU (GIF 682 kb)
Figure S2
AWARE screenshot – single patient view. Boxes represent problem list, physiological systems parameters and ongoing interventions. (GIF 562 kb)
Figure S3
Administrative AWARE usage chart. This bar-chart represents usage of AWARE in all ICU in numbers of session per period of time. The same view is available per single ICU. (GIF 216 kb)
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Administrative checklist compliance per ICU. This bar-chart represents check-list compliance per ICU per period of time. (GIF 175 kb)
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Olchanski, N., Dziadzko, M.A., Tiong, I.C. et al. Can a Novel ICU Data Display Positively Affect Patient Outcomes and Save Lives?. J Med Syst 41, 171 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10916-017-0810-8
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