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Implementation of an on-line Emergency Unit nursing system
P Q Bourie1, V A Ferrenberg, M McKay
1Department of Nursing, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Ma., USA.
Proceedings. AMIA Symposium
|February 3, 1999
Summary
A new Emergency Unit nursing system streamlines patient care documentation, requiring minimal nurse time per visit. This efficient system is widely adopted and planned for future expansion.
Area of Science:
- Nursing Informatics
- Health Information Systems
- Emergency Medicine
Background:
- Emergency departments face challenges with efficient patient data management.
- Timely and accurate documentation is crucial for quality emergency care.
- Existing systems may be time-consuming for nursing staff.
Purpose of the Study:
- To describe the design and implementation of a novel Emergency Unit nursing system.
- To evaluate the system's efficiency in terms of nurse documentation time.
- To assess the system's adoption rate and potential for future use.
Main Methods:
- System design focused on rapid information entry and retrieval.
- A six-day study period was used to measure documentation time.
- Data collected included time per patient visit and per nurse per shift.
Main Results:
- The system has achieved a 97% adoption rate for Emergency Unit visits.
- Nurses spent an average of only five minutes per patient visit documenting care.
- Average documentation time per nurse per shift was approximately 30 minutes.
Conclusions:
- The implemented Emergency Unit nursing system is highly successful and efficient.
- The system significantly minimizes the time nurses spend on documentation.
- Future plans include expanding the system's use to other healthcare disciplines.