| Literature DB >> 16884568 |
Jane Kirby1, Bethan Barker, Devaka J S Fernando, Mohan Jose, Carmel Curtis, Alison Goodchild, Christopher Dickens, Edward Olla, Rachel Cooke, Iskandar Idris, George A Thomson.
Abstract
A system of electronic discharge summaries was developed. It replaced conventional discharge prescriptions and dictated discharge summaries. We conducted a prospective case-control study of 102 consecutive patients admitted to our hospital under the care of one consultant physician. Patients discharged after 1 December 2004 were discharged using the new computerised system (50 patients) while patients admitted under the same medical team, but to another ward were discharged using the conventional paper discharge system (52 patients). Patients in the electronic group and the conventional group were similar in age (mean 67 years versus 58 years, P>0.05) and duration of hospital stay (6 days versus 1 day, P>0.05). The mean time taken to produce an electronic discharge summary was immediate (0 days) which was significantly (P<0.0001) less than the mean time taken to produce a conventional discharge summary (80 days). Combining electronic discharge prescriptions with electronic summaries appears promising and merits further study.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID： 16884568 DOI： 10.1258/135763306777978605
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Telemed Telecare ISSN： 1357-633X Impact factor: 6.184