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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0034-8376</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista de investigación clínica]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. invest. clín.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0034-8376</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S0034-83762020000100025</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.24875/ric.19003183</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Reducing Length of Stay and Improving Quality of Care by Implementation of Informatics System and Care Bundle in the Intensive Care Unit]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Kai-Hsuan]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Yang]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Kao]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Wei-Fong]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aaf"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Yen-Kuang]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Lin]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aaf"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Pei-Ling]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Wang]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Tsung-Jen]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Huang]]></given-names>
</name>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Yi-No]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Kang]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ray-Jade]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Chen]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Chun-Chieh]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Chao]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aaf"/>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="A a"/>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Taipei Medical University Taipei Medical University Hospital Department of Emergency Medicine]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Taipei ]]></addr-line>
<country>Taiwan</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,School of Medicine and Taipei Medical University Department of Emergency Medicine ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Taipei ]]></addr-line>
<country>Taiwan</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Taipei Medical University Research Center of Biostatistics ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Taipei ]]></addr-line>
<country>Taiwan</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af4">
<institution><![CDATA[,Taipei Medical University Hospital College of Nursing ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Taipei ]]></addr-line>
<country>Taiwan</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af5">
<institution><![CDATA[,Taipei Medical University Hospital Department of Nursing ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Taipei ]]></addr-line>
<country>Taiwan</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af6">
<institution><![CDATA[,Taipei Medical University Hospital Department of Orthopaedics ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Taipei ]]></addr-line>
<country>Taiwan</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af7">
<institution><![CDATA[,National Taiwan University College of Public Health Institute of Health Policy and Management]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Taipei ]]></addr-line>
<country>Taiwan</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af8">
<institution><![CDATA[,Taipei Medical University Hospital Department of Surgery ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Taipei ]]></addr-line>
<country>Taiwan</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af9">
<institution><![CDATA[,Taipei Medical University School of Medicine Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Taipei ]]></addr-line>
<country>Taiwan</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>02</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>02</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>72</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>25</fpage>
<lpage>31</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0034-83762020000100025&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0034-83762020000100025&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0034-83762020000100025&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT  Background: Clinical situations in intensive care units (ICUs) change rapidly, and many factors may prolong the length of stay (LOS) of patients.  Objectives: The objectives of the study were to examine the effects of implementing an electronic-ICU (e-ICU) and an informatics system in an ICU on the LOS of patients and quality of care.  Methods: We evaluated the implementation of a technology electronic dashboard-ICU (TED-ICU) system to upload automatically physiological information and clinical data within the critical care unit for providing real-time information to the care team. Furthermore, TED-ICU software automatically performed Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) every 48 h. If a patient&#8217;s SOFA score decreased by more than 2 points, there was an automatic reminder for transferring patients to the general ward. We prospectively collected data for this study from the ICU before and after implementing the e-ICU.  Results: In total, 2248 patients were admitted to our ICU during the study period (1147 and 1101 patients before and after TED-ICU implementation, respectively). Demographic characteristics and in-hospital mortality rates did not differ significantly between the two groups, and the LOS decreased from 7.26 to 5.53 days (p &lt; 0.01).  Conclusion: Implementing an informatics system (TED-ICU) and care bundle in ICUs can reduce the LOS.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Intensive care units]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Electronic-intensive care units]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Sequential organ failure assessment]]></kwd>
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