title: A user-editable web-based platform to streamline clinical information flow.
abstract: Frequent turnover of staff in medical clinics creates challenges in the maintenance of clinical protocols, workflows, and information management. Care coordination between providers in such a setting can be complex; disruptions in communication may lead to poorer health outcomes and patient satisfaction. Furthermore, protocols change frequently in response to new guidelines, which demands rapid updates to maintain compliance. To address these challenges, we developed an intuitive, end-user editable web-based knowledge management system optimized for use on mobile devices. The resulting system served as a point of care information storage and retrieval tool that providers can reference quickly for operational tasks. Since launch, the platform has allowed our clinic to consolidate knowledge banks, standardize staff training, and streamline information flow during clinic, and is now used extensively by clinic staff. During a one-year period, 175 new pages have been created and 1686 edits have been submitted by users. We posit that a mobile platform for clinical information flow management has significant potential to improve information maintenance and facilitate transfer of up-to-date clinical protocols to new personnel.
authors.affiliation: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Finkelstein
authors.affiliation: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Ammar
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Siddiqui
authors.affiliation: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Theodore
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Pak
authors.affiliation: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Kevin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.affiliation: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Chloe
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ciccariello
authors.affiliation: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Vinicius
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Knabben
authors.affiliation: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chiang
authors.affiliation: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: David C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.affiliation: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Yasmin S
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Meah
mesh_terms: D004282:Documentation / Q000379:methods; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000379:methods*; D020407:Internet / Q000458:organization & administration*; D063731:Mobile Applications; D014584:User-Computer Interface; D015443:Word Processing / Q000379:methods*; D057188:Workflow