Implementation and use of a patient data management system in the intensive care unit: A two-year experience

Patient Data Management Systems (PDMS) have traditionally formed the amalgam between the patient monitoring system and hospital information system. The Thoraxcenter set out to replace a mixture of paper-based registrations and in-house developed applications with a new digital PDMS. The PDMS Innovian was selected in 2003, was configured in 2004 and has been in use since 2005.