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. 2026 Feb 17;8(2):e1372. doi: 10.1097/CCE.0000000000001372

TABLE 3.

Mechanisms of Implementation for the Use of Data Science in Critical Care

Mechanisms Relevant Examples in Critical Care
Big Data Analytics Resources (per Groves et al [52], Waller and Fawcett [53], Chen and Zhang [54] as cited in Galetsi et al [49, 50])
 Data types Clinical data in the electronic medical record for hospitalization or pre-/post-ICU care; clinical device data (e.g., waveforms, IV pumps, ventilators, dialysis machines); questionnaires (e.g., family satisfaction, patient-reported outcomes); diagnostic and procedure codes; drug utilization and wastage data
 Analytical resources Society for Simulation in Healthcare; PhysioNet (e.g., Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care IV, eICU); National Clinical Cohort Collaborative
Phillips eICU Research Collaborative Database; Amsterdam University Medical Centers Database
Big Data Analytics Capabilities, per Groves et al (52) as cited in Galetsi et al (49, 50)
 Monitoring, prediction/simulation, data mining, evaluation, and reporting Monitoring of high-fidelity waveforms and processed data from bedside monitors
Prediction models: Disease-based (e.g., sepsis) (55); intervention-based (e.g., hemodynamic monitoring); prediction of changes in stability and acuity (56, 57)
Mining of ICU data lakes (i.e., centralized repositories for storage of large amounts of raw data)
Integrated evaluation and reporting of complex data streams and thresholds
Created values
 Better diagnosis for provision of more personalized health care Rapid diagnosis, predictive and prognostic enrichment (e.g., Covid-19) (58, 59)
 Supporting/replacing professionals’ decision-making with automated algorithms Machine learning-enabled clinical decision support (60)
 New business models, products, and services Prediction models
 Enabling experimentation, expose variability, and improve performance Synthetic datasets modeling and experimentation where ethical considerations would not allow randomized trials
 Healthcare information sharing and coordination Mapping of clinical data to common data models (25)
 Creating data transparency Data cleaning and post-processing systems
 Identifying patient care risk ICU scoring systems (e.g., SOFA, pediatric SOFA) (6163)
Early warning systems (64)
Prediction of ICU readmissions (65)
 Offering customized actions by segmenting populations Population enrichment for interventional trials
 Reducing expenditure while maintaining quality Improved efficiency in treatment of sepsis
 Protecting privacy Cyber security and privacy systems in the ICU

eICU = electronic ICU, SOFA = Sequential Organ Failure Assessment.