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Clinician-Driven Design of VitalPAD–An Intelligent Monitoring and Communication Device to Improve Patient Safety in the Intensive Care Unit

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Flohr, Luisa, Beaudry, Shaylene, Johnson, K Taneille, West, Nicholas, Burns, Catherine M, Ansermino, J Mark, Dumont, Guy A, Wensley, David +2 more·2018·IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine

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The pediatric intensive care unit (ICU) is a complex environment, in which a multidisciplinary team of clinicians (registered nurses, respiratory therapists, and physicians) continually observe and evaluate patient information. Data are provided by multiple, and often physically separated sources, cognitive workload is high, and team communication can be challenging. Our aim is to combine information from multiple monitoring and therapeutic devices in a mobile application, the VitalPAD, to improve the efficiency of clinical decision-making, communication, and thereby patient safety. We observed individual ICU clinicians, multidisciplinary rounds, and handover procedures for 54 h to identify data needs, workflow, and existing cognitive aid use and limitations. A prototype was developed using an iterative participatory design approach; usability testing, including general and task-specific feedback, was obtained from 15 clinicians. Features included map overviews of the ICU showing clinician assignment, patient status, and respiratory support; patient vital signs; a photo-documentation option for arterial blood gas results; and team communication and reminder functions. Clinicians reported the prototype to be an intuitive display of vital parameters and relevant alerts and reminders, as well as a user-friendly communication tool. Future work includes implementation of a prototype, which will be evaluated under simulation and real-world conditions, with the aim of providing ICU staff with a monitoring device that will improve their daily work, communication, and decision-making capacity. Mobile monitoring of vital signs and therapy parameters might help improve patient safety in wards with single-patient rooms and likely has applications in many acute and critical care settings.

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  • ICU staff demand a patient monitoring device to interoperate with other medical devices for detailed comparisons of vital parameters and trend analysis in the context of medication, ventilation, fluid balance, and more.

    “ICU staff demand a patient monitoring device to interoperate with other medical devices for detailed comparisons of vital parameters and trend analysis in the context of medication, ventilation, fluid balance, and more, as recently suggested by Flohr et al [35].”
  • The use of tablet computers with access to electronic medical records or multiparameter monitoring has been perceived as beneficial in inpatient settings.

    “The use of tablet computers with access to electronic medical records or multiparameter monitoring has been perceived as beneficial in inpatient settings [35,41].”

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  1. [51]Andersen T. O., “ Prototyping a collective: On ethnography, design, and use of a personal health record,” Ph.D. dissertation, Univ. Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2012, p. 120.

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Flohr, L., Beaudry, S., Johnson, K. T., West, N., Burns, C. M., Ansermino, J. M., Dumont, G. A., Wensley, D., Skippen, P., & Gorges, M.
Affiliations
  • University of British Columbia (CA)
  • University of Waterloo (CA)
Venue
IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine
Published
2018
Volume
6
Pages
1-14
ISSN
2168-2372 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2789947784
Cited by
44
References
61
Citations by year
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FWCI
2.86
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
  • UWSpace (University of Waterloo) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Funders
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (PJT-149042)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Healthcare Technology and Patient Monitoring
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › Health Information Management › Electronic Health Records Systems
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Human-Computer Interaction › Usability and User Interface Design
Keywords
pediatric intensive care unit, patient safety, mobile health apps, clinical decision support, team communication, multidisciplinary rounds, handover process, mental workload, participatory design, usability testing, vital signs monitoring, respiratory support, single-patient rooms

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