Pourasghar Faramarz, Tabrizi Jafar Sadegh, Yarifard Khadijeh
Road Traffic Injury Research Center and Department of Medical Informatics, School of Management and Medical Informatics, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Health Services Management Research Center, Department of Health Services Management, School of Health management and Medical Informatics, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Acta Inform Med. 2016 Apr;24(2):111-5. doi: 10.5455/aim.2016.24.111-115. Epub 2016 Mar 26.
Patient safety is one of the most important elements of quality of healthcare. It means preventing any harm to the patients during medical care process.
This paper introduces a cost-effective tool in which the Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology is used to identify medical errors in hospital.
The proposed clinical error management system (CEMS) is consisted of a reader device, a transfer/receiver device, a database and managing software. The reader device works using radio waves and is wireless. The reader sends and receives data to/from the database via the transfer/receiver device which is connected to the computer via USB port. The database contains data about patients' medication orders.
The CEMS has the ability to identify the clinical errors before they occur and then warns the care-giver with voice and visual messages to prevent the error. This device reduces the errors and thus improves the patient safety.
A new tool including software and hardware was developed in this study. Application of this tool in clinical settings can help the nurses prevent medical errors. It can also be a useful tool for clinical risk management. Using this device can improve the patient safety to a considerable extent and thus improve the quality of healthcare.
患者安全是医疗质量最重要的要素之一。它意味着在医疗过程中防止对患者造成任何伤害。
本文介绍一种具有成本效益的工具,其中利用射频识别(RFID)技术识别医院中的医疗差错。
所提出的临床差错管理系统(CEMS)由一个读取器设备、一个传输/接收器设备、一个数据库和管理软件组成。读取器设备利用无线电波工作且为无线设备。读取器通过经由USB端口连接到计算机的传输/接收器设备向数据库发送数据以及从数据库接收数据。数据库包含有关患者用药医嘱的数据。
CEMS有能力在临床差错发生之前识别它们,然后通过语音和视觉信息警告护理人员以防止差错。该设备减少了差错,从而提高了患者安全。
本研究开发了一种包括软件和硬件的新工具。该工具在临床环境中的应用可帮助护士预防医疗差错。它也可以是临床风险管理的有用工具。使用该设备可在很大程度上提高患者安全,从而提高医疗质量。