CAN HIGH TECH SAVE YOUR LIFE?

COMPUTERS in medicine; MEDICAL care; INFORMATION storage & retrieval systems -- Medicine; ELECTRONIC health records; MEDICAL informatics; CRITICAL care medicine; MEDICAL errors -- Prevention; MEDICAL technology

Offers a look at the use of high technology in hospitals and its impact on death rates. Use of technology in hospital intensive care units; Use of information technology to improve the quality and safety of hospital care; Reference to a survey of hospitals conducted by "Hospitals & Health Networks" that showed that the "100 Most Wired" had a lower patient mortality rate; Reference to a study in the "Journal of the American Medical Association" regarding computerized physician medication-ordering for the reduction of medical errors; Use of electronic health records. INSETS: HIGH-TECH SERVICES;THE GOOD AND THE WIRED.