HP, Lucile Packard Childrens develop bedside 'dashboard'
HP and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford, Calif., have developed a patient status system that prompted a treatment change in one-third of patients during a single-center study.
The "Patient-Centered Dashboard" uses data from EMRs to report patient status, replacing handwritten whiteboards present in many nursing units, according to Palo Alto, Calif.-based HP.
During the trial, the dashboard helped nurses and physicians identify necessary procedures for patients, including the removal of central venous catheters at risk of infection, changing from intravenous to oral medication, decreasing use of unnecessary lab testing, using only necessary sedatives and preventing pressure ulcers.
HP and Lucile Packard Children's will present the system at AMIA's Oct. 26 symposium on biomedical and health informatics in Washington, D.C.
The "Patient-Centered Dashboard" uses data from EMRs to report patient status, replacing handwritten whiteboards present in many nursing units, according to Palo Alto, Calif.-based HP.
During the trial, the dashboard helped nurses and physicians identify necessary procedures for patients, including the removal of central venous catheters at risk of infection, changing from intravenous to oral medication, decreasing use of unnecessary lab testing, using only necessary sedatives and preventing pressure ulcers.
HP and Lucile Packard Children's will present the system at AMIA's Oct. 26 symposium on biomedical and health informatics in Washington, D.C.