title: SAPPIRE: a prototype mobile tool for pressure ulcer risk assessment.
abstract: Accurate assessment and documentation of skin conditions facilitate communication among care providers and are critical to effective prevention and mitigation of pressure ulcer. We report developing a prototype mobile system called SAPPIRE (Skin Assessment for Pressure Ulcer Prevention, an Integrated Recording Environment) for an android device to assist nurses with skin assessment and documentation at bedside. SAPPIRE demonstrates (1) data documentation conforming to the relevant terminology standards, (2) data exchange using Continuity of Care Records (CCR) standard and (3) smart display of patient data relevant to risk parameters to promote accurate pressure ulcer risk assessment with the Braden scale. Challenges associated standardizing assessment data faced during this development and the approaches that SAPPIRE took to overcome them are described.
authors.affiliation: Division of Biomedical Informatics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Hyeoneui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Division of Biomedical Informatics, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Heejoon
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.affiliation: Division of Biomedical Informatics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Shuang
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Division of Biomedical Informatics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Xiaoqian
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
authors.forename: Jeeyae
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Choi
mesh_terms: D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical / Q000458:organization & administration; D057286:Electronic Health Records / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005568:Forms and Records Control; D006801:Humans; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000379:methods; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis / Q000379:methods*; D009737:Nursing Records; D019095:Point-of-Care Systems; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000451:nursing*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012984:Software; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000379:methods