Using mobile devices for inpatient rounding and handoffs: an innovative application developed and rapidly adopted by clinicians in a pediatric hospital

This study shows how a handoff and rounding tool was quickly adopted in pediatric and neonatal ICUs in a hospital setting where patient charts were still paper-based. Originally developed as a tool to support informal documentation using smartphones, it was adapted to local practices and expanded to print sign-out documents and import notes within the medicolegal record with desktop computers. Interestingly, even if not supported by the nursing administrative authorities, the level of use for data entry among nurses and doctors was similar in all units, indicating close collaboration in documentation practices in these ICUs.

Source: Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association - August 21, 2016 Category: Information Technology Authors: Motulsky, A., Wong, J., Cordeau, J.-P., Pomalaza, J., Barkun, J., Tamblyn, R. Tags: Research and Applications Source Type: research