The development of an ICU database system linked to the hospital ordering system

Abstract

We developed an ICU database using an online database of the hospital ordering system, stored in the host computer. The patient data from the host computer are taken into a gateway machine (Mate Server NX^TM) by using a commercially available application, Microsoft Access^TM and then transferred to an ICU database through a local area network by using FileMaker Pro 4.0^TM on Power Macintosh^TM.
An ICU database consists of a patient database and a laboratory database. Many of the patient data are automatically inputted in selfmade mastertables of an ICU database from the host computer. An ICU doctor clicks a mouse on the tables and makes a patient summary with a keyboard.
An ICU database system linked to the hospital computer database system could be useful for electronic recording and saves labor of ICU doctors.