Characterizing intensive care unit rounding teams using meta-data from the electronic health record.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Teamwork is an important determinant of outcomes in the intensive care unit (ICU), yet the nature of individual ICU teams remains poorly understood. We examined whether meta-data in the form of digital signatures in the electronic health record (EHR) could be used to identify and characterize ICU teams.

Methods

We analyzed EHR data from 27 ICUs over one year. We linked intensivist physicians, nurses, and respiratory therapists to individual patients based on selected EHR meta-data. We then characterized ICU teams by their members' overall past experience and shared past experience; and used network analysis to characterize ICUs by their network's density and centralization.

Results

We identified 2327 unique providers and 30,892 unique care teams. Teams varied

SUBMITTER: Kahn JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10202038 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature