A MOBILE COLLABORATION AND DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR THE MEDICAL EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT

Dominique Brodbeck, Markus Degen, Maximilian Reiss

2012

Abstract

A hospital emergency department is a complex work environment, where the availability of the right information at the right time is crucial for efficient and safe operation. The current technology in use for communication and information management is mostly based on telephones and stationary personal computers. Modern smartphones with their computational power, voice, image, and video capabilities have the potential to play a significant role in improving the flow of information in the emergency department. We developed a system that explicitly supports the work flows of an emergency department. In addition to mobile access to patient data and notifications about the availability of diagnostic findings, it provides the possibility to supply media captured on-site to the patient record, and directly supports the consultation process.

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in Harvard Style

Brodbeck D., Degen M. and Reiss M. (2012). A MOBILE COLLABORATION AND DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR THE MEDICAL EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Health Informatics - Volume 1: HEALTHINF, (BIOSTEC 2012) ISBN 978-989-8425-88-1, pages 237-242. DOI: 10.5220/0003780102370242


in Bibtex Style

@conference{healthinf12,
author={Dominique Brodbeck and Markus Degen and Maximilian Reiss},
title={A MOBILE COLLABORATION AND DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR THE MEDICAL EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Health Informatics - Volume 1: HEALTHINF, (BIOSTEC 2012)},
year={2012},
pages={237-242},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0003780102370242},
isbn={978-989-8425-88-1},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Health Informatics - Volume 1: HEALTHINF, (BIOSTEC 2012)
TI - A MOBILE COLLABORATION AND DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR THE MEDICAL EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT
SN - 978-989-8425-88-1
AU - Brodbeck D.
AU - Degen M.
AU - Reiss M.
PY - 2012
SP - 237
EP - 242
DO - 10.5220/0003780102370242