Information needs for the rapid response team electronic clinical tool

Autor: Vitaly Herasevich, Jeffrey B. Jensen, Sean M. Caples, Brian W. Pickering, Amelia Barwise
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
Předmět:
Knowledge management
Health information technology
Health Personnel
Vital signs
Health Informatics
Information needs
urologic and male genital diseases
lcsh:Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics
Health informatics
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
030225 pediatrics
Health care
Information overload
Electronic Health Records
Humans
Medicine
030212 general & internal medicine
Rapid response team
Emergency Treatment
Resuscitation Orders
Patient Care Team
Response rate (survey)
Health Services Needs and Demand
Internet
Vital Signs
business.industry
Health Policy
Electronic medical record (EMR)
medicine.disease
female genital diseases and pregnancy complications
Computer Science Applications
Health Care Surveys
Rapid response team (RRT)
lcsh:R858-859.7
Medical emergency
Emergencies
business
Research Article
Zdroj: BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, Vol 17, Iss 1, Pp 1-6 (2017)
BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
ISSN: 1472-6947
DOI: 10.1186/s12911-017-0540-3
Popis: Background Information overload in healthcare is dangerous. It can lead to critical errors and delays. During Rapid Response Team (RRT) activations providers must make decisions quickly to rescue patients from physiological deterioration. In order to understand the clinical data required and how best to present that information in electronic systems we aimed to better assess the data needs of providers on the RRT when they respond to an event. Methods A web based survey to evaluate clinical data requirements was created and distributed to all RRT providers at our institution. Participants were asked to rate the importance of each data item in guiding clinical decisions during a RRT event response. Results There were 96 surveys completed (24.5% response rate) with fairly even distribution throughout all clinical roles on the RRT. Physiological data including heart rate, respiratory rate, and blood pressure were ranked by more than 80% of responders as being critical information. Resuscitation status was also considered critically useful by more than 85% of providers. Conclusion There is a limited dataset that is considered important during an RRT. The data is widely available in EMR. The findings from this study could be used to improve user-centered EMR interfaces.
Databáze: OpenAIRE