title: An integrated system supporting training in medical and administrative decision making in the emergency department.
abstract: The aim of the present project was the development of an integrated computer-based system supporting training in medical and administrative decision making in the Emergency Department. The system comprises of, first, a module supporting on-line acquaintance with Emergency Medical Guidelines, second, a vital-signs monitoring and processing module, and finally an administrative module organizing the most relevant facts about a patient's health status in compliance with the ASTM E2369-0 Standard Specification for Continuity of Care Record, in order to be employed after discharge from the Emergency Care to a hospital ward or to homecare.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Med. Instrum. Technol., Technol. Educ. Inst., Athens, Greece. basile@teiath.gr
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Spyropoulos
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tzavaras
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Botsivaly
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Moschidis
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Koutsourakis
mesh_terms: D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical / Q000592:standards*; D003660:Decision Support Systems, Management / Q000592:standards*; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards*; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000592:standards*; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D006115:Greece; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D018511:Systems Integration; D014584:User-Computer Interface