Mobile decision support for transplantation patient data.
In high-critical medical fields instant information delivery is essential. Task-flow analyses within the transplantation unit of the Technische Universität München revealed that valuable time could be saved in pre-transplantation management being able to retrieve data of organ receivers ubiquitously. Inspired by this clinical scenario, a mobile application was designed and implemented providing surgeons with decision-relevant information on potential organ receivers. It assists them in considering the prospects of forthcoming organ transplantations and facilitates decision making and documentation with regard to high security demands. The described system services three organ receiver lists and is used by the surgeons in every transplantation procedure. After a 6-month period of clinical usage, the system has been evaluated in terms of handling, clinical benefit and total time savings. Intuitive, ubiquitous access to decision-relevant patient data and authenticated documentation were the major improvements with average total time savings of 50 min in comparison to the old system.
Krause
Andreas
A
Department of Informatics, Technische Universität München, München, Germany.
Hartl
Dominik
D
Theis
Fabian
F
Stangl
Manfred
M
Gerauer
Klaus E
KE
Mehlhorn
Alexander T
AT
D034201:Computers, Handheld; D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005858:Germany; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D016377:Organ Transplantation