Health Information Management in a Critical Care Environment

Abstract

This internship report involves the reworking of the data collection processes for the Division of Critical Care in the Capital District Health Authority. With attention to Health Informatics methods, interview processes were used to extract key aspects of clinical practice within the ICU to feed an existing proprietary Database and several independent databases. The resulting data collection forms have begun testing and intentions are for them to be used throughout the Capital District Health Authority. Possible future developments are also discussed.