TY - GEN
T1 - IPad use during ward rounds
T2 - 22nd Australian National Health Informatics Conference, HIC 2014
AU - Lehnbom, Elin C.
AU - Adams, Kristian
AU - Day, Richard O.
AU - Westbrook, Johanna I.
AU - Baysari, Melissa T.
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PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Much clinical information is computerised and doctors' use of mobile devices such as iPad tablets to access this information is expanding rapidly. This study investigated the use of iPads during ward rounds and their usefulness in providing access to information during ward rounds. Ten teams of doctors at a large teaching hospital were given iPads for ten weeks and were observed on ward rounds for 77.3 hours as they interacted with 525 patients. Use of iPads and other information technology devices to access clinical information was recorded. The majority of clinical information was accessed using iPads (56.2%), followed by computers-on-wheels (35.8%), stationary PCs (7.9%) and smartphones (0.1%). Despite having read-only access on iPads, doctors were generally happy using iPads on ward rounds. These findings provide evidence of the value of iPads as a tool to access information at the point of care.
AB - Much clinical information is computerised and doctors' use of mobile devices such as iPad tablets to access this information is expanding rapidly. This study investigated the use of iPads during ward rounds and their usefulness in providing access to information during ward rounds. Ten teams of doctors at a large teaching hospital were given iPads for ten weeks and were observed on ward rounds for 77.3 hours as they interacted with 525 patients. Use of iPads and other information technology devices to access clinical information was recorded. The majority of clinical information was accessed using iPads (56.2%), followed by computers-on-wheels (35.8%), stationary PCs (7.9%) and smartphones (0.1%). Despite having read-only access on iPads, doctors were generally happy using iPads on ward rounds. These findings provide evidence of the value of iPads as a tool to access information at the point of care.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84927170089&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3233/978-1-61499-427-5-67
DO - 10.3233/978-1-61499-427-5-67
M3 - Conference proceeding contribution
C2 - 25087529
AN - SCOPUS:84927170089
VL - 204
T3 - Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
SP - 67
EP - 73
BT - Investing in E-Health: People, Knowledge and Technology for a Healthy Future - Selected Papers from the 22nd Australian National Health Informatics Conference, HIC 2014
PB - IOS Press
CY - Amsterdam
Y2 - 11 August 2014 through 14 August 2014
ER -