Not just an IT project.
Innovative use of information technology is improving patient outcomes and making nurses' working lives easier. Nurses at a Birmingham trust are using handheld computers to record vital observations and give early warning to senior clinicians if a patient is deteriorating. The system reflects a trend for healthcare technology based around the needs of clinicians and patients.
Daloni
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Carlisle
D034201:Computers, Handheld / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000639:trends*; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends*; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000592:standards; D006113:United Kingdom