Department of Intensive Care Services, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, Australia.
Digital Metro North, Metro North Hospital and Health Service, Brisbane, Australia.
Anaesth Intensive Care. 2021 Mar;49(2):105-111. doi: 10.1177/0310057X20975777. Epub 2021 Jan 27.
The COVID-19 pandemic has required intensive care units to rapidly adjust and adapt their existing practices. Although there has a focus on expanding critical care infrastructure, equipment and workforce, plans have not emphasised the need to increase digital capabilities. The objective of this report was to recognise key areas of digital health related to the COVID-19 response. We identified and explored six focus areas relevant to intensive care, including using digital solutions to increase critical care capacity, developing surge capacity within an electronic health record, maintenance and downtime planning, training considerations and the role of data analytics. This article forms the basis of a framework for the intensive care digital health response to COVID-19 and other emerging infectious disease outbreaks.
COVID-19 大流行要求重症监护病房迅速调整和适应现有实践。尽管重点是扩大重症监护基础设施、设备和劳动力，但计划并未强调需要提高数字能力。本报告的目的是认识与 COVID-19 应对措施相关的数字卫生的关键领域。我们确定并探讨了与重症监护相关的六个重点领域，包括使用数字解决方案来增加重症监护能力、在电子健康记录中开发应急能力、维护和停机规划、培训注意事项以及数据分析的作用。本文构成了 COVID-19 和其他新发传染病暴发的重症监护数字卫生应对框架的基础。
