USAGE OF ANESTHESIA INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS IN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES IN 2020 – A SHORT SURVEY
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https://doi.org/10.14311/CTJ.2020.4.01Abstract
The theoretical aspects and benefits of Anesthesia Information Management Systems (AIMS) are well described in literature already. However, certain existing systems are much less researched with most studies concentrating on the USA. In our study, we sent a link to a Google questionnaire to 403 European hospitals and to 382 European authors who have published in the last five years in a renowned anesthesiologic journal. We have not researched AIMS usage in the Czech Republic, as we have covered this topic in our previous study. We asked responders for information on their AIMS (name, vendor, length of use) or to explain why they do not use one. We received 14 responses from the hospitals and 38 responses directly from the authors. With the return rate of 8 per cent we evaluated our study in qualitative terms. Among the 23 respondents that use AIMS there are 12 different systems including two self-developed systems. A number of these systems have not previously been mentioned in the literature. Most use their systems longer than five years but only three respondents are implementing AIMS at the moment. Both these findings show slower progress in this field than in the USA. Typical reasons given from non-users were financial constraints and inability to recognize benefits of AIMS. Incompatibilities with other medical software and medical devices in use were also mentioned. The heterogeneity of AIMS used and perceived barriers corroborate our previous study from the Czech Republic.
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