 20080115.jpg) Mobile Health Research Group™
Projects Summary
Projects
Digital Pen & Paper Project for Clinical Pathways. Currently hospitals are seeking to move patient information from paper files to electronic databases. At the bedside or point of care (POC), there are limited automated information entry systems. A goal of this project is to trial digital paper and pen based technology for assisting in recording clinical pathway data, including charting by exception, at the bedside. The benefits for nurses and clinicians would include fast, accurate collection of data at the point of care that could be analysed or reformatted in ways that assist clinical decision-making and workflow management as well as resource management and auditing. 2008-2010. $TBA.
Addressing medical errors with e-prescribing in a mobile wireless hospital environment, Research Consultancy, NEC Business Solutions. 2007-2008. $25,000.
Improving mobile wireless device adoption by nurses in a ward setting to enhance clinical outcomes, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences, School of Nursing and Midwifery Collaborative Grant Scheme. 2006-2007. $20,000.
Developing Application Environments for Mobile Devices in Health Care: Investigating Issues of Usability and Acceptance, Monash Small Grant. 2002-2003. $5,500.
Australian Research Council Projects
The mWard Project (Completed)
ARC Linkage Project, LP0455331 (2004-2006)
mWard is a university and industry partner research collaboration. Wireless networks, hand held devices and associated applications are key emerging technologies. Within the healthcare setting, mWard is a series of inter-related projects investigating the implementation of such devices for patient administration. mWard's main partners are Monash University, Southern Health and NEC Business Solutions. The recently completed mWard project was carried out at Monash Medical Centre, Clayton ( Southern Health Human Research Ethics Committee (& Monash University) Research Project Application No. *04046A: Enchancing Patient Management And Clinical Systems In Hospital Ward Settings Using Mobile, Wireless Technologies) where wireless infrastructure was installed and clinical staff are able to conduct their rounds with notebook computers at the patients' bedside.
The research team assessed the acceptance of the new devices and applications by nursing and medical staff. Outcomes from this current project included a set of guidelines and techniques for introducing and managing technology-enhanced patient administration and clinical systems. The project is being assisted by an ARC Linkage grant, sponsorship and industry support from the above partners, and from Motorola (incorporating Symbol Technologies) and Tele-IP (incorporating Able Communications and Telenet Communications).
Figure 1. Laptop & trolley v2 - male nurse with a patient's file
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