The role of information technology in healthcare communications, efficiency, and patient safety: application and results.
The authors document the development and deployment of technology that serves to enhance healthcare communications, efficiency, and patient safety at an 881-bed, level 2 trauma center. This technology includes a patient-centric call process using real-time, rules-based task assignments and tracking software that guides personalized and timely response to the individual patient' needs and allows the mining of data for outcome analysis.
Prince
Susan Buckles
SB
Information Technology, Huntsville Hospital, Huntsville, Alabama, USA. sue@aionex.com
Herrin
Donna M
DM
D000407:Alabama; D003625:Data Collection; D004358:Drug Therapy / Q000451:nursing; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006747:Hospital Communication Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006751:Hospital Information Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D020380:Needs Assessment / Q000458:organization & administration; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D009737:Nursing Records; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling / Q000458:organization & administration; D015397:Program Evaluation; D017751:Safety Management / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014193:Trauma Centers / Q000458:organization & administration