The graphical interface appearance should be customisable for research of optiimal human-machine interfaces. Evolving standards in Electronic Data Management should be met. Should be completely functional on a stand-alone machine, yet scalable and capable of networking. The application should run on Linux and should be licensed as Open Source. At first, this sounds like standard software development jargon, perhaps a bit boring to those of us unfamiliar with medical terminology.
Computers monitor patient conditions and do statistics every day.
It means a Linux computer is going to decide when and how much anasthetics a patient should receive. It will be turning the value of the dispenser, so to speak. Now, maybe this project won't go that far. Maybe its interface will just offer recommendations to the anesthetist, or be a configuration front-end to the specialized machines which are already doing the infusions. But even if this interface doesn't go all the way and administer the infusions itself, a later one might.