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Information needs for the rapid response team electronic clinical tool.
Amelia Barwise1, Sean Caples2, Jeffrey Jensen3
1Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA. Barwise.Amelia@mayo.edu.
BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
|October 4, 2017
Summary
Rapid Response Teams (RRTs) need critical patient data for quick decisions. Key physiological data and resuscitation status are vital for patient rescue during deterioration events.
Area of Science:
- Healthcare Informatics
- Clinical Decision Support
- Patient Safety
Background:
- Healthcare information overload poses risks, leading to errors and delays.
- Rapid Response Teams (RRTs) require efficient data access for timely patient intervention.
- Assessing RRT provider data needs is crucial for optimizing electronic systems.
Purpose of the Study:
- To identify essential clinical data for RRT providers during critical events.
- To understand how to best present this data in electronic health records (EHRs).
Main Methods:
- A web-based survey was distributed to all RRT providers.
- Participants rated the importance of various data points for clinical decision-making during RRT events.
Main Results:
- 96 surveys were completed with a 24.5% response rate.
- Heart rate, respiratory rate, and blood pressure were deemed critical by over 80% of responders.
- Resuscitation status was considered critically useful by over 85% of providers.
Conclusions:
- A focused dataset is critical for RRT effectiveness.
- Essential RRT data is largely available within the Electronic Medical Record (EMR).
- Findings can inform the development of user-centered EMR interfaces for RRTs.
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