title: A Web-Based Database for Nurse Led Outreach Teams (NLOT) in Toronto.
abstract: A web-based system can provide access to real-time data and information. Healthcare is moving towards digitizing patients' medical information and securely exchanging it through web-based systems. In one of Ontario's health regions, Nurse Led Outreach Teams (NLOT) provide emergency mobile nursing services to help reduce unnecessary transfers from long-term care homes to emergency departments. Currently the NLOT team uses a Microsoft Access database to keep track of the health information on the residents that they serve. The Access database lacks scalability, portability, and interoperability. The objective of this study is the development of a web-based database using Oracle Application Express that is easily accessible from mobile devices. The web-based database will allow NLOT nurses to enter and access resident information anytime and from anywhere.
authors: Regional Geriatric Program of Toronto, Toronto, ONT, Canada.
authors: Shirley
authors: S
authors: Li
authors: University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada.
authors: Mu-Hsing
authors: MH
authors: Kuo
authors: Regional Geriatric Program of Toronto, Toronto, ONT, Canada.
authors: David
authors: D
authors: Ryan
mesh_terms: D016208:Databases, Factual; D016529:Emergency Nursing / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D009735:Nursing Homes; D048108:Nursing Informatics / Q000379:methods; D009864:Ontario; D010360:Patient Transfer