GE Healthcare Centricity Critical Care - Manual (Page 2)

Deliver impact –
patient, personnel, hospital
Therapy Management
Patient-centric therapy management is at the core of
Centricity Critical Care. Delivering the right care, at the
right time, with the right medication to the right patient
is supported by patient protocols, task lists, and an in-
stant view of relevant information. These features help
ensure patient safety and reduce costs.
Clinical Notifi cations – The Centricity Clinical Notifi ca-
tion System module supports your efforts to make the
right decisions. It compares the huge amounts of data
collected against user-defi ned rules identifying poten-
tially relevant clinical events and bringing them to your
attention.
Quality Care – Medication errors are not only costly, but
they can sig nifi cantly affect patient outcome. Centricity
Critical Care medication interaction module and stan-
dard adjustable medication protocols provide peace
of mind. According to a published parallel study* con-
ducted using Centricity Critical Care: “The ICU compu-
terization, including medication order entry, resulted in
a signifi cant decrease in the occurrence and severity of
medication errors in the ICU.”
Centricity Critical Care – supporting better patient outcomes,
staff satisfaction and easier workfl ows by providing tools to
make the right decisions for cost effective quality healthcare.
Requirements to provide higher quality of care in the
midst of staff shortages and cost cutting initiatives are
the reality in intensive care units. You have to balance
cost control and care quality, which is possible through
outstanding patient care enabled by decision support
through data collection, sharing and management.
Take advantage of the powerful information technology
for your ICU(s). Centricity Critical Care is a clinically
focused, patient centric information system that helps
deliver better health outcomes and manage costs.
Remarkable workfl ow, connectivity and communication
tools help bring convergence.
* Source: Colpaert et. al. Impact of computerized physician order entry on
medication prescription errors in the intensive care unit: a controlled cross-
sectional trial. Crit Care. 2006; 10(1): R21.
Instant dashboard view to relevant patient information.