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Change in staff anesthesiologists’ opinions of an Anesthesia Information Management System (AIMS)

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Following introduction of an Anesthesia Information Management System (AIMS) at a tertiary care, academic health sciences centre, a quality assurance initiative was conducted to assess staff opinions of the AIMS using a previously published, anonymous survey tool at 1 and 5 years following AIMS introduction. At 5 years compared to 1 year after implementation of AIMS, the majority (18 of 24, 75%) of responses to the survey questions had a statistically significant change (P < 0.05) in the proportion of respondents favoring AIMS compared to the 1 year survey. Domains noted to be more favorable 5 years compared to 1 year after AIMS introduction included patient safety in the Operating Rooms and Post-Anesthesia Care Unit, quality of handover and overall documentation, and communication amongst healthcare workers. The ideal time period at which to assess AIMS after introduction is not clear.

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital, University of Ottawa Staff Anesthesiologist, General Campus, 501 Smyth Rd, Critical Care Wing 1401, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L6, Canada

    Christopher L. Pysyk & Robert Jee

  2. Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital, University of Ottawa Staff Anesthesiologist, Civic Campus, Room B307, 1053 Carling Avenue, Mail Stop 249, Ottawa, ON, K1Y 4E9, Canada

    Ian Zunder

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Pysyk, C.L., Jee, R. & Zunder, I. Change in staff anesthesiologists’ opinions of an Anesthesia Information Management System (AIMS). J Clin Monit Comput 33, 541–542 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10877-018-0178-4

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