Title :
New approaches toward the fully digital integrated management of a burn unit
Author :
Reina-Tosina, Javier ; Roa, Laura M. ; Cáceres, Jesús ; Gómez-Cía, Tomás
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Univ. of Seville, Spain
Abstract :
In this paper, the design of an application that allows the integrated management of a burn unit is reported. Starting with the problems associated with the current procedures, technical solutions are found from the requirements demanded by the specialists. The major design considerations and implementation details are outlined. Special attention is devoted to the prescription of drugs and inventory control, as well as reducing the time that healthcare professionals spend in administrative tasks. The developed implementation is an example of a low-cost system suitable for adoption in a wide range of units in a hospital organization.
Keywords :
medical control systems; medical information systems; patient treatment; administrative tasks time reduction; burn unit; drugs prescription; fully digital integrated management; healthcare professionals; hospital organization; inventory control; low-cost system; major design considerations; Biomedical engineering; Drugs; Health information management; Hospitals; Information technology; Inventory control; Medical services; Public healthcare; Systems engineering and theory; Technology management; Burn Units; Cooperative Behavior; Decision Making, Computer-Assisted; Hospital Information Systems; Humans; Inventories, Hospital; Management Information Systems; Medical Records Systems, Computerized; Models, Organizational; Organization and Administration; Prescriptions, Drug; Software Design; Spain; Systems Analysis; Systems Integration;
Journal_Title :
Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TBME.2002.805453