A randomized controlled trial to evaluate an electronic scoring tool in the ICU.

Few RCTs on the effect of computer applications in intensive care have been published. This study presents an RCT measuring time savings and score values after introduction of a computer based scoring tool in an intensive care unit. A tablet PC with a standalone scoring application for TISS, SAPS2 and Apache 2 was supplied. We measured considerable time savings and higher score values when the computer application is used.