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2014

Edith Cowan University

Patient safety

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Customising Doctor-Nurse Communications, Brian Cusack, Dave Parry Dec 2014

Customising Doctor-Nurse Communications, Brian Cusack, Dave Parry

Australian eHealth Informatics and Security Conference

Doctor-Nurse communications are critical for patient safety and workflow effectiveness. Our research question was: What further improvements can be made to current communication systems? A variety of mobile and land based communication systems have been used and experimented with. In the study, the pager was found to be most common and more recent attempts to provide broadband capability with systems such as the iBeep. We built an alternative information system using Android phones and a software application that was customised by feedback from the medical professionals. The trial in five wards with 22 doctors and 170 nurses over one month …


Avoiding Epic Fails: Software And Standards Directions To Increase Clinical Safety, Patricia A H Williams, Vincent B. Mccauley Dec 2014

Avoiding Epic Fails: Software And Standards Directions To Increase Clinical Safety, Patricia A H Williams, Vincent B. Mccauley

Australian eHealth Informatics and Security Conference

No abstract provided.