DocumentCode
3079194
Title
Analysis of computer-supported oral anticoagulant treatment follow-up workflow
Author
Niiranen, Samuli T. ; Yli-Hietanen, Jan M.
Author_Institution
Department of Signal Processing, Tampere University of Technology, POB 553, 33101, Finland
fYear
2008
fDate
20-25 Aug. 2008
Firstpage
4330
Lastpage
4332
Abstract
The objective is to explore the impact of computer-supported reorganization of oral anticoagulation treatment follow-up in a multi-year, multi-clinic pilot study. The focus is on how changes in workflow, namely in anticoagulation workload distribution between nurses and physicians, interact with the quality of care immediately after initial deployment and then later on during the pilot study. The results show that decreases in the physician´s time allocation did not result in a lessened quality of care during periods after reorganization.
Keywords
Aging; Atrial fibrillation; Costs; Drugs; Laboratories; Marketing and sales; Medical services; Medical treatment; Personnel; Statistics; Administration, Oral; Algorithms; Anticoagulants; Computer Systems; Computers; Guidelines as Topic; Humans; Medical Records Systems, Computerized; Models, Organizational; Nursing; Physicians; Pilot Projects; Quality Assurance, Health Care; Time Factors;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2008. EMBS 2008. 30th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location
Vancouver, BC
ISSN
1557-170X
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-1814-5
Electronic_ISBN
1557-170X
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IEMBS.2008.4650168
Filename
4650168
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