Strategy for scheduled downtime of hospital information system utilizing third-party applications.

Autor: Jo I; Center for Digital Health Strategy, Division of Digital Health, Yonsei University Health System, Seoul, Korea., Kim W; Center for Information Services, Division of Digital Health, Yonsei University Health System, Seoul, Korea., Lim Y; Center for Digital Health Strategy, Division of Digital Health, Yonsei University Health System, Seoul, Korea., Kang E; Center for Digital Health Strategy, Division of Digital Health, Yonsei University Health System, Seoul, Korea., Kim J; Center for Digital Health Strategy, Division of Digital Health, Yonsei University Health System, Seoul, Korea., Chung H; Center for Information Services, Division of Digital Health, Yonsei University Health System, Seoul, Korea., Kim J; Center for Information Services, Division of Digital Health, Yonsei University Health System, Seoul, Korea., Kang E; Center for Information Services, Division of Digital Health, Yonsei University Health System, Seoul, Korea., Jung YB; Department of Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 50-1 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, 03722, Korea. ybjung@yuhs.ac.; Institue for Innovation in Digital Healthcare, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea. ybjung@yuhs.ac.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: BMC medical informatics and decision making [BMC Med Inform Decis Mak] 2024 Oct 11; Vol. 24 (1), pp. 300. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Oct 11.
DOI: 10.1186/s12911-024-02710-0
Abstrakt: Background: The widespread adoption of Hospital Information Systems (HIS) has brought significant benefits in healthcare quality and workflow efficiency. However, downtimes for system maintenance are inevitable and pose a considerable challenge to continuous patient care. Existing strategies, including manual prescription methods, are no longer effective due to increasing reliance on digital systems.
Method: This study implemented two main strategies to mitigate the impact of scheduled downtimes. First, we created an "Emergency query program" that switches to a read-only backup server during downtimes, allowing clinicians to view essential patient data. Second, an "Emergency prescription system" was developed based on the Microsoft Power Platform and integrated into Microsoft Teams. This allows clinicians to perform digital prescriptions even during downtimes.
Results: During a planned 90-minute downtime, 282 users accessed the Emergency Prescription System, resulting in 22 prescriptions from various departments. Average times for prescription confirmation and completion were 8 min and 3 s, and 18 min and 40 s, respectively. A post-downtime evaluation revealed high user satisfaction.
Conclusion: Essential maintenance-induced HIS downtimes are inherently disruptive to patient care process. Our deployment of an emergency query program and a Microsoft Teams-integrated emergency prescription system demonstrated robust care continuity during HIS downtime.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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