2064 Going green and on screen: digitalising patient information resources in a paediatric emergency department
Conclusion
Since go–live (August 2022) electronic resources have become the standard first offer for families
44 core electronic ED resources cover safety net advice for common conditions, health promotion and signposting links to support health inequalities
Sharing options: scanned via QR code (see figure 1), sent via text/SMS or printed to avoid impacts related to digital poverty
All resources can be translated via a Google translate function (132 languages)
The entire trust library of 1358 resources are accessible to any clinician and any patient user
On average, ED resources are accessed 4675 times/month.
Top 5 being:
Head injury
Family support/wellbeing
Fever
Bronchiolitis
Cast care
Benefits:
Improved, wide–ranging, standardised and translatable accessible information
Enthusiastically supported by ED colleagues
Inbuilt 2–way feedback facility between families and team, generating overwhelmingly positive qualitative feedback
Financial and ecological savings related to reduced printing and paper
An auditable tool to support clinical guidelines and governance which can be regularly and easily reviewed and updated
Abstract 2064 Figure 1Patient information board
Source: Emergency Medicine Journal - Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Gibbs, S., Sabir, L. Tags: APEM Lightning Papers Source Type: research
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