Electronic health records in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) could be modified to synthesize the vast amounts of data available to assist in clinical-decision making and offer variations based on clinician role, according to a new study in BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making.
The researchers, from the Mayo Clinic, conducted a survey of NICU providers to assess what clinical information was most important in order to create better human/computer interface, since otherwise there is a risk of information overload.
They found that certain types of information--such as weight--were more relevant than others, and that their importance differed based on the clinician's role; for instance, attending physicians rated the importance of certain types of information differently from neonatal nurse practitioners, neonatal fellows or pediatric residents. Study