Hi Alex, Generally agree. The only reservation is that locating interfaces at a patient's bed introduces problems - the device is not available to the nurse continuously - this means that the nurse has to be at a patient's bedside or at the nursing station to interact with the system. It also means that the nurse would have to log-in and logout every time they went to see another patient - this is definitely a problem from my viewpoint. This could be overcome with some sort of scannable device like a wrist ID randomly assigned when coming on duty but the need to scan it and logout is still cumbersome...
i hear you on the disaster issue - of course in disasters all hell breaks loose and it almost doesn't matter what life was like before - everything is awry - the system is designed for efficiency and utility most of the time - not all the time. definitely agree on batteries - but the more utility the sytem provides the more power it will demand... In general, and not specific to your thoughts, the most important considerations ought to be (IMHO) how to reduce the tedium and wasted time for nurses who must repeatedly interact with these systems dozens if not hundreds of times each shift. It is one thing for a programmer to login to their terminal in the morning, logout for lunch, login once for the afternoon, and logout when they go home. It is quite another thing for a nurse who may visit a patient's bedside 6 - 10 times a shift and that may be only one of 2 - 10+ patients each of whom would have other people coming into close physical proximity with the bedside terminal and having access to the MIS if it was left open... bear --- Alexander_H�lzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Nandalal an the others, > > > What is the best device to use? > > One is the PDA > > What about the mobile phone? > > I am not really sure, that PDA is/will be the solution of choice. > > Mobile phones, due to EMF-Emissions, are prohibitive in the hospital > area. > W-LAN still has many problems with quality of transmission and > security.. > > Building a new hospital, the best and less expensive solution will be > the > integration of a multi-function, multi-purpose touch-screen > information > terminal at every patient bed. The panel could be used for clinical > data > entry as well as for broadcasting hospital information to all > patients, > TV/Video/Internet access for the patient etc. > > So nurses would not have to carry huge and heavy PDAs where batteries > will > surely expire in case of emergency...(Thinking alone about the energy > supply > problem(batteries) of portable devices puts a nightmare on technical > hospital administration. Not even mentioned ecological issues of > batteries..). Furthermore: same GUI for all applications, true, fully > featured, fully integrated hospital intranet, central security and > access > rights management, no systems diversity, no energy supply problems > ... > > BTW. the hardware for such a system is already here, since years, and > it is > (rather) cheap. Software could be -fairly easily- developed > (derived), based > on Care2x. > > For existing hospitals, the most expensive part of this model will be > the > LAN-cabling to every patient bed.. > > What is needed is a clear concept and hospital > planners/administrators ready > to innovate their organisations from the ground... > > Cheers > > Alex > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Nandalal Gunaratne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, June 26, 2004 10:27 AM > Subject: Re: [Care2002-developers] A question about daily routine in > hospitals > > > > What is the best device to use? > > One is the PDA > > What about the mobile phone? > > There are other such mobile devices too. > > Notebooks/tablets are tow cumbursome. > > Anyone using them? > > > > > > Nandalal > > --- jim jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > One solution will be to convert the paper work to > > > checksheets or/and diagrams who an OCR program or > > > care2x module can read them and categorize them. > > > > > > --- Nandalal Gunaratne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > Hi Bear, > > > > > > > > Thanks a lot for what you have said. I too feel > > > that > > > > a > > > > hospital information system must address the needs > > > > of > > > > the nurses to succeed. > > > > > > > > You have set down the problems but not suggested a > > > > solution. > > > > > > > > Have you any ideas of your own? > > > > > > > > I think a PDA like carry around device is > > > important. > > > > A > > > > mobile, dependable and simple device which has a > > > > decent sized screen and connects to the hospital > > > > network. > > > > > > > > What else? > > > > > > > > Nandalal > > > > > > > > --- bear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > > > ��������� > > �� ������ > > @yahoo.gr > > ��������� > > ��� ��� > > > http://www.otenet.gr > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > This SF.Net email sponsored by Black Hat Briefings & > > > Training. > > > Attend Black Hat Briefings & Training, Las Vegas > > > July 24-29 - > > > digital self defense, top technical experts, no > > > vendor pitches, > > > unmatched networking opportunities. 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