Department of Laboratory Medicine, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, NHS Lothian, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom.
Telemed J E Health. 2011 Oct;17(8):656-61. doi: 10.1089/tmj.2011.0018. Epub 2011 Jul 22.
Mobile communication technologies are employed in many diverse areas of healthcare delivery to provide improved quality and efficiency of communication and facilitate increased rapidity of data or information transfer. Mobile phones enable healthcare professionals to possess a portable platform from which to provide many healthcare-related applications and are a popular means to directly communicate with colleagues and patients. As involvement of mobile communication technology in healthcare delivery continues to rapidly expand, there are also important considerations of relevance to patient safety and security as a result. Here, we review the previous evidence of reported clinical risks associated with mobile communication technology, such as electromagnetic interference, confidentiality and data security, distraction/noise, infection control, and cross contamination. In conclusion, although mobile phones provide much putative potential improvement to healthcare delivery, further evaluation and research are required to both inform and protect health professionals and users of such technology in the healthcare environment and provide the evidence base to support the provision of clear and comprehensive guidelines.
移动通信技术在医疗保健领域的许多不同领域都得到了应用，旨在提高沟通的质量和效率，并促进数据或信息的快速传输。移动电话使医疗专业人员拥有一个便携式平台，从而提供许多与医疗保健相关的应用程序，并且是与同事和患者直接沟通的一种流行方式。随着移动通信技术在医疗保健中的应用不断迅速扩展，也产生了与患者安全和安保相关的重要问题。在这里，我们回顾了与移动通信技术相关的已报道临床风险的先前证据，例如电磁干扰、保密性和数据安全性、分心/噪音、感染控制和交叉污染。总之，尽管移动电话为医疗保健的提供带来了很大的潜在改进，但仍需要进一步评估和研究，以告知和保护医疗保健环境中的卫生专业人员和此类技术的使用者，并为支持提供清晰和全面的指南提供证据基础。
