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SVMIC Risk Basics: Anesthesiology

Anesthesia Information Management Systems

Anesthesia Information Management Systems (AIMS) are in
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use in many hospitals and facilities. This technology allows the

automatic and reliable collection, storage, and presentation of
patient data during the perioperative period. They are

specialized forms of EHR systems that, in addition to providing

basic recordkeeping functions, typically provide end users with
ready access to summary data that can be used to facilitate

quality assurance and research functions. Most AIMS systems

will have an Anesthesia Preoperative Evaluation System,
Anesthesia Consent, an Intraoperative Anesthesia

Recordkeeping System, an Anesthesia Postoperative
Evaluation, and an Administration Web Interface. A typical

AIMS installation will be a hardware/software solution that
interfaces with the intraoperative patient monitors.

Increasingly, these systems also have the ability to read and

10 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3387486/

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