eHealth Week 2012 ONSITE GUIDE - World of Health IT

e H e a l t h W e e k 2 0 1 2 O N S I T E G U I D E
Conference Sessions
Wednesday, 9 May l Late Morning Parallel Sessions
10:30–11:45
10:30–11:45 Hall C1, Room M1
WOHIT5 | Clinical Applications
Moderator: Prof. Christian Lovis, MD, MPH, University Hospitals of Geneva, Head Division of Medical information
Sciences, Switzerland
AR Application for Pediatric Laparoscopy Surgery
Lucio Tommaso De Paolis, Assistant Professor, Information Processing Systems, Dept. of Innovation Engineering,
University of Salento, Italy
The advantages of the Minimally Invasive Surgery are evident for the patients, but these techniques have some limitations for the
surgeons. In medicine, the Augmented Reality technology allows surgeons to have a sort of “x–ray” vision of the patient’s body and
can help them during the surgical procedures. The platform has been tested on two case studies. The future work will be the validation
of the developed application on a new real case study.
Nurse Involvement in Analysis-based Decision Support in the Clinical Context
Mette Kjer Kaltoft RN, Health Visitor, MPH R & D Nurse, OUH Svendborg Sygehus, Denmark
We report the early experience and results from a study in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) care at St Marks Hospital, London,
using the Annalisa implementation of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA). We developed an online decision aid and surrounding
decision support MyDecisionSuite (MDS): IBD, its additional elements including decision navigation, preparation, and quality
assessment. In the intervention period specialist IBD nurses deliver the full set of MDS elements. The contents of each element for
a patient are determined by the responses in the initial navigation section, including clinician judgment. The early implications emerging
are that the heterogeneity of patient's preferences underlines the need for transparent, multi- criteria-based pursuit of concordance;
that the simple one-screen graphic interface makes for effective decision support; and that the standards-compliant system meets
the growing demands for documented 'perfected' informed consent.
Improved Clinical Logistics in Dept. of Accidents and Emergency via IT
Ove Gaardboe, Executive Consultant Emergency Unit, The Regional Hospital Horsens, Denmark
A unique patient flow management system in the Dept. of Accidents and Emergencies at the Regional Hospital of Horsens has
resulted in a better overview across the entire portfolio of patients. Large touch screens display the teams in charge of every patient,
and provide a brief status of the progress of treatment. In addition it has an integrated management decision tool.
Useful integrations and improved communication
The system can be accessed via secure mobile devices and has various integrations e.g. to medical data, status on lab-tests and
x-ray results. Internal communication is improved via integration with DECT phones, chat and webcam features. Tracking of employees
makes it easier to find colleagues because their position is shown on the screens. This saves time and prevents inappropriate
interruptions.
Results: A system that saves time, improves daily workflow and quality.
The system improves communication, coordination and provides a better overview. It saves steps and prevents unnecessary
interruptions of colleagues. A medical Assessment Report shows that 64% of the employees agree that they have a better overview,
57% experience better access to information and 52% find it easier to manage changes in the daily programme. The number of
patients has increased by 7,3% and the number of employees has decreased by 9,3%. 21 tasks on micro level have resulted in time
savings and improved quality in treatment. This amounts to 4 full time employees.
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