Department of Anaesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University provides services to patients undergoing operative procedures in many fields; such as Traumatic surgery, Orthopaedics surgery, Eye surgery, Ear, Nose and Throat surgery, Plastics surgery, Cardio-thoracic surgery, Neurosurgery, General surgery, Urological surgery, Head and Neck surgery, Paediatric surgery, Obstetrics surgery, Gynaecological surgery, Electro-convulsive therapy, Radiological services, Endoscopic centre, Intensive Care Unit, Acute Pain service, Pain Clinic and Pre Anaesthesia Assessment Centre.~Normally, anaesthesia personnel make a patient information record during the surgical procedure. Pre and post-operatively, they visit patients to make sure that their customers are well informed regarding the whole process and satisfied with the service as well as any complications that might be existed.~The patient data, a crucial document for both medical and official terms, has been developed and improved continuously by the department. Daily, about 250 informations are transferred from paper-pencil to electronic, computerised format for statistical purpose and further reference. Still, the department has to face the data problem in many aspects.~Daily, an abundant of information needs to be transferred to computer by non-medical personnel. This results in time consuming, data loss and piles of document.~Unclear peri-operative handwriting of medical or technical terms, particularly on copied files results in untrustworthy and disgraceful of patients' evidence.~Scanned files results in difficulties of data retrieval for assignments in research, education, administrative policy and finance. Consequently, a hospital becomes an unfaithful and treacherous organisation.~The investigators would like to develop an anaesthesia electronic medical record at the point of care. The objectives are to record peri-operative patients' information in a real-time fashion, manage all administrative tasks as annual reports, and operate data as search engine for research and educational purpose.
Normally, anaesthesia personnel make a record patients' information during the surgical procedure. Pre and post-operatively, they visit patients to make sure that their customers are well informed regarding the whole process and satisfied with the service as well as any complications that might be existed.~The investigators would like to develop an anaesthesia electronic medical record at the point of care. The objectives are to record peri-operative patients' information in a real-time fashion, manage all administrative tasks as annual reports, and operate data as search engine for research and educational purpose.