Laptops, wireless phones slash nursing time, improve patient satisfaction with care.
Slash hours of wasted nursing time with wireless phones and laptop computers. Part of a massive redesign, Regional Memorial Hospital in Hollywood, FL, found significant time saved and patient care substantially improved by reengineering how and where nurses place orders for medications, retrieve lab results, and make contact with physicians and other caregivers.
D005431:Florida; D006746:Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over; D006747:Hospital Communication Systems; D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D006754:Hospital Restructuring; D006779:Hospitals, Public; D006801:Humans; D008838:Microcomputers; D009096:Multi-Institutional Systems; D009738:Nursing Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011845:Radio; D013996:Time and Motion Studies