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1679811

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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-10-15
pubmed:abstractText
The HELP system is a comprehensive hospital information system that is linked to an allied financial data base. The clinical data base integrates information from areas such as admitting, pharmacy, radiology, surgery, pathology, nursing, respiratory therapy, and the clinical laboratories, including microbiology. This allows for the creation of an electronic medical record that contains all the clinical and financial data for each patient. The HELP system combines both communication and advice features through the use of data- and time-driven algorithms. We have used the HELP system to automate the surveillance and analysis of hospital-acquired infections and to identify patients at high risk for nosocomial infection. The expert system features have also been used to suggest alternatives for patients receiving inappropriate antimicrobial therapy, to improve the timing of antibiotic prophylaxis in surgery, and to curtail unnecessarily prolonged prophylaxis. Automated hospital information systems such as HELP can facilitate the investigation of a broad range of infection control, quality improvement, and cost-containment issues.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0195-6701
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
18 Suppl A
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
424-31
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
The HELP system and its application to infection control.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Infectious Diseases, LDS Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.