The modern anesthesiologist's manual: the development and maintenance of an anesthesia case reference application

AbstractAnesthesia clinicians care for patients undergoing a wide range of procedures, making access to reliable references crucial. However, existing resources have key limitations. This technical report describes the development of an in-house anesthesia case reference application designed for use in a tertiary academic hospital. Additionally, it details our experiences in maintaining this system over a 22-month period and compares this system to alternative resources. Utilizing JavaScript and the React library, we developed a cross-platform perioperative reference application. Over fifty articles, encompassing anesthetic considerations for various surgical disciplines, have been created. Furthermore, we conducted a preliminary analysis of analytics data. In the 22  months since the application's inception, the application has garnered over 22,000 views from local users. While there are more than 150 registered users, the number of unregistered users accessing the application on the hospital network remains unknown. Notably, 70% of users accessed the applicat ion through a mobile device. The most popular articles centered around procedures with diverse and specific surgeon preferences. Currently, the reported case reference application is routinely utilized by anesthesia clinicians at our institution. Future endeavors will concentrate on establishing a r obust content management workflow to broaden the coverage of topics.
Source: Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing - Category: Information Technology Source Type: research