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15 years of advances in intensive care: article published in Critical Care Science reviews updates to Epimed Monitor, the world’s largest ICU database

This week, the article “Update on the Epimed Monitor Adult ICU Database: 15 years of its use in national registries, quality improvement initiatives and clinical research” was published in the renowned scientific journal Critical Care Science.

The review celebrates 15 years of the Epimed Monitor ICU system, the world’s largest database of critically ill patients and a rich source for surveillance of emerging diseases, performance evaluation and benchmarking of intensive care units, quality improvement projects and clinical research.

The Epimed Monitor database is also used by intensive care societies in various countries that have adopted the system to create national registries and international cooperation, such as the Brazilian ICU, Mexican ICU and Uruguayan ICU projects, among others, and the MICA Program in Belgium.

In this review, the authors present an up-to-date description of the Epimed database; report experiences of its use in intensive care for quality improvement initiatives, national registries and clinical research; and explore other possible prospects and future advances.

The article’s co-authors include those from Epimed Solutions:

• Marcio Soares, Co-founder and Vice President of Research and Development;
• Jorge Salluh, Co-founder and Scientific Director;
• Lunna Borges, Data Science Manager;
• Gabriel Miranda, Data Science Analyst;
• Lucas Garcia, Client Services Director; and
• Gastón Burghi, Epimed’s representative in Uruguay.

Check out the full article at the link: https://criticalcarescience.org/article/update-on-the-epimed-monitor-adult-icu-database-15-years-of-its-use-in-national-registries-quality-improvement-initiatives-and-clinical-research/