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Assessment and Evaluation of the High Risk Neonate: The NICU Network Neurobehavioral Scale

Assessment and Evaluation of the High Risk Neonate: The NICU Network Neurobehavioral Scale

Published on: August 25, 2014

e-Health? Clinical information network interest and impediments in a community paediatric setting.

R Cawdron¹, J Calder, R M Issenman

¹Children's Hospital, Hamilton Health Sciences Centre.

Paediatrics & Child Health

|January 20, 2010

Summary

Paediatricians in Ontario showed strong interest in the Central West Ontario Pediatric Information Network (CWPIN). Workplace computer use, not literacy, may influence network adoption by sex.

Keywords:

Clinical information network Intranet Paediatrics Utilization rates

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Assessment and Evaluation of the High Risk Neonate: The NICU Network Neurobehavioral Scale

Assessment and Evaluation of the High Risk Neonate: The NICU Network Neurobehavioral Scale

Published on: August 25, 2014

Area of Science:

Health Informatics
Paediatric Medicine
Evidence-Based Practice

Background:

Electronic resources can enhance paediatric care efficiency and cost-effectiveness.
Barriers to implementing clinical information resources include physician attitudes and system capabilities.

Purpose of the Study:

To assess electronic information resource needs of community paediatricians in Ontario.
To gauge interest in accessing the proposed Central West Ontario Pediatric Information Network (CWPIN).

Main Methods:

A cross-sectional, interviewer-facilitated, structured survey was conducted.
The study population comprised paediatricians in community care within the Central West Ontario Health Region.

Main Results:

98% of surveyed paediatricians expressed interest in accessing the CWPIN.
High rates of home computer (88%) and internet (81%) use suggest good computer literacy.
Workplace computer use differed by sex, potentially impacting network adoption.

Conclusions:

Physicians demonstrated significant interest in adopting the CWPIN.
Sex-based disparities in workplace computer use, not literacy, may affect network utilization.
Attitudes and computer proficiency are unlikely to hinder the implementation of this clinical information resource.