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Medical Informatics Assignment Two. Suzanne McQuillan Lisa Marie Devlin. Automated Discharge Note System – 7 South, BCH Tower. Why the system was needed How the system operates Problems. European project with S&E Board - Nursing discharge notes ward community
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Medical Informatics Assignment Two Suzanne McQuillan Lisa Marie Devlin
Automated Discharge Note System – 7 South, BCH Tower • Why the system was needed • How the system operates • Problems
European project with S&E Board - Nursing discharge notes ward community Normally took 60mins per patient Now info sent electronically and dealt with at a central point immediately Better records of no. of procedures Why the ADNS was needed
How the system operates • Nurses fill in fields on computerised form with patient info • Intended to reduce delay in GPs being notified
Problems: General • Incomplete sending (incompatible systems) • Only S&E • Only 1 computer on ward • Different systems in different hospitals
Problems: Doctors’ • Unable to access X-ray and lab results at same time • Restrictions on access • Slow! • Problems with key codes