Summarizes recent publications to identify reasons for the lack of widespread use of computerized anaesthesia information management systems and presents developments that might promote their use.
Barriers to AIMS adoption persist in anaesthesia practice; leaves open whether emerging developments will drive broader implementation.
Despite a recognition that they are essential for the future progress of anaesthesia, computerized anaesthesia information management systems are not in widespread use. In this article, relevant recent publications are summarized with a view to identifying the reasons for the current situation. Several developments which might promote the wider use of such systems in the near future are also presented.
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Martin Gardner (2001) studied this question.