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  • Health Informatics
  • Emergency Medical Services
  • Mobile Health

Background:

  • Effective documentation is crucial in emergency medical services.
  • Standardized patient care reports are fundamental for systematic information capture.
  • Electronic patient care reports ensure data availability for all medical providers.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a digitalized and standardized mobile application for patient care reports.
  • To support paramedics in Rwanda with efficient documentation.
  • To integrate necessary data elements for comprehensive electronic patient care reports.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of paper-based patient care reports.
  • Mapping data elements to Health Framework for Interoperability (FHIR).
  • Requirement analysis through focus group interviews for app development.

Main Results:

  • Identified key requirements for a mobile electronic patient care report system.
  • Developed data element recommendations for standardization.
  • Created a mobile electronic patient care report prototype integrating these elements.

Conclusions:

  • The developed prototype addresses identified requirements for efficient documentation.
  • Further field testing is recommended to assess international applicability.
  • The mobile application aims to enhance emergency medical services documentation standards.