| Abstract | In most
intensive care units (ICUs), clinical data acquisition and
integration relies upon time-consuming human
intervention to create huge paper flowsheets, a practice
that creates "information overload", errors, fragmented
medical decision making and long-term archiving
problems.
We have developed, tested and FDA certified a
new type of computer system that is officially a 510K
device. The iCuro System is a bedside, networked,
movable machine that automatically acquires and
integrates time-stamped monitor, ventilator and
infusion pump data, with patient data from labs,
specialty devices, and bedside observations. iCuro™
has a secure, HIPAA-standards compliant architecture,
and is locally configurable using push-button set-up and
an integrated HL7 mapping utility. The iCuro device
provides real-time access to trended clinical
information streams at the bedside, or offsite, at the
iCuro Control Center™. The iCuro user interface
gives each treating clinician flexibility to generate
"their" integrated information set on demand, in the
desired format. The device also automates nurse and
respiratory therapist charting, and concatenates userentered
and machine-acquired data onto "zoom-able"
trend graphic panels and paper reports. iCuro fully
supports neonatal, pediatric and adult critical care
processes. |