title: New approaches toward the fully digital integrated management of a burn unit.
abstract: In this paper, the design of an application that allows the integrated management of a burn unit is reported. Starting with the problems associated with the current procedures, technical solutions are found from the requirements demanded by the specialists. The major design considerations and implementation details are outlined. Special attention is devoted to the prescription of drugs and inventory control, as well as reducing the time that healthcare professionals spend in administrative tasks. The developed implementation is an example of a low-cost system suitable for adoption in a wide range of units in a hospital organization.
authors.affiliation: Radiocommunications Systems Group, Area of Signal Theory and Communications, Department of Electronics Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Seville, 41092 Seville, Spain. jreina@us.es
authors.forename: Javier
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Reina-Tosina
authors.forename: Laura M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Roa
authors.forename: Jesús
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cáceres
authors.forename: Tomás
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gómez-Cía
mesh_terms: D002053:Burn Units / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003658:Decision Making, Computer-Assisted; D011307:Drug Prescriptions; D006751:Hospital Information Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007445:Inventories, Hospital; D008331:Management Information Systems; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009934:Organization and Administration; D012985:Software Design; D013030:Spain; D013597:Systems Analysis; D018511:Systems Integration