SynthesisJournal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA2019
Novel displays of patient information in critical care settings: a systematic review.
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24 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Supporting clinical reasoning through visual summarization and presentation of patient data: a systematic review.Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA · 2025Pooled it
- The role of information systems in emergency department decision-making-a literature review.Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA · 2024Pooled it
- Centralized Multipatient Dashboards' Impact on Intensive Care Unit Clinician Performance and Satisfaction: A Systematic Review.Applied clinical informatics · 2024Pooled it
- Effectiveness of clinical dashboards as audit and feedback or clinical decision support tools on medication use and test ordering: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials.Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA · 2022Pooled it
- An AIoT enabled system for optimizing data retrieval in the intensive care unit evaluated in a randomized crossover pilot trial.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
- Integration of an Intensive Care Unit Visualization Dashboard (i-Dashboard) as a Platform to Facilitate Multidisciplinary Rounds: Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2022Trial
- Enhancing Data-Driven Decision-Making in HIV Care With Viral Load and Early Infant Diagnosis Data Dashboards in Côte d'Ivoire: Qualitative Study.JMIR human factors · 2026Article
- Clinical and economic impact of digital dashboards on hospital inpatient care: a systematic review.JAMIA open · 2025Review
- A Novel Continuous Real-Time Vital Signs Viewer for Intensive Care Units: Design and Evaluation Study.JMIR human factors · 2024Article
- Information displays for automated surveillance algorithms of in-hospital patient deterioration: a scoping review.Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA · 2023Article
- The Intensive Care Unit Bundle Board: A Novel Real-Time Data Visualization Tool to Improve Maintenance Care for Invasive Catheters.Applied clinical informatics · 2023Article
- User Perceptions of Visual Blood: An International Mixed Methods Study on Novel Blood Gas Analysis Visualization.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Avatar-based patient monitoring improves information transfer, diagnostic confidence and reduces perceived workload in intensive care units: computer-based, multicentre comparison study.Scientific reports · 2023Article
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- Dealing with information overload: a comprehensive review.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Review
- Visual Attention of Anesthesia Providers in Simulated Anesthesia Emergencies Using Conventional Number-Based and Avatar-Based Patient Monitoring: Prospective Eye-Tracking Study.JMIR serious games · 2022Article
- Enhancing Diagnosis Through Technology: Decision Support, Artificial Intelligence, and Beyond.Critical care clinics · 2022Review
- Iterative heuristic design of temporal graphic displays with clinical domain experts.Journal of clinical monitoring and computing · 2021Article
- A Perioperative Care Display for Understanding High Acuity Patients.Applied clinical informatics · 2021Article
- User-Centered Clinical Display Design Issues for Inpatient Providers.Applied clinical informatics · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectiveClinician information overload is prevalent in critical care settings. Improved visualization of patient information may help clinicians cope with information overload, increase efficiency, and improve quality. We compared the effect of information display interventions with usual care on patient care outcomes. MATERIALS AND
methodsWe conducted a systematic review including experimental and quasi-experimental studies of information display interventions conducted in critical care and anesthesiology settings. Citations from January 1990 to June 2018 were searched in PubMed and IEEE Xplore. Reviewers worked independently to screen articles, evaluate quality, and abstract primary outcomes and display features.
resultsOf 6742 studies identified, 22 studies evaluating 17 information displays met the study inclusion criteria. Information display categories included comprehensive integrated displays (3 displays), multipatient dashboards (7 displays), physiologic and laboratory monitoring (5 displays), and expert systems (2 displays). Significant improvement on primary outcomes over usual care was reported in 12 studies for 9 unique displays. Improvement was found mostly with comprehensive integrated displays (4 of 6 studies) and multipatient dashboards (5 of 7 studies). Only 1 of 5 randomized controlled trials had a positive effect in the primary outcome.
conclusionWe found weak evidence suggesting comprehensive integrated displays improve provider efficiency and process outcomes, and multipatient dashboards improve compliance with care protocols and patient outcomes. Randomized controlled trials of physiologic and laboratory monitoring displays did not show improvement in primary outcomes, despite positive results in simulated settings. Important research translation gaps from laboratory to actual critical care settings exist.
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