Title :
iNuC: An Intelligent Mobile Nursing Cart
Author :
Tsai, P.H. ; Chuang, Y.T. ; Chou, T.S. ; Liu, J.W.S. ; Shih, C.S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Nat. Tsing Hua Univ., Hsinchu, Taiwan
Abstract :
Intelligent Nursing Cart (iNuC) is a mobile, point-of-care medication administration tool for the purpose of preventing medication errors and enhancing patient safety. It provides its user with work and time management and record keeping capabilities as well as a web portal to hospital services and information system. In addition, iNuC has several labor-saving and automation capabilities, including generating shift report from data and notes collected during the user´s shift, tracking medication and medical supply usages and automating requests for medication replenishment.
Keywords :
medical information systems; patient care; portals; Web portal; hospital information system; hospital services; iNuC; intelligent mobile nursing cart; medical supply usage tracking; medication error prevention; medication replenishment request automation; medication tracking; patient safety; point-of-care medication administration tool; record keeping; time management; work management; Computer errors; Computer science; Hospitals; Information systems; Intrusion detection; Inventory management; Medical services; Mobile computing; Portals; Safety;
Conference_Titel :
Biomedical Engineering and Informatics, 2009. BMEI '09. 2nd International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Tianjin
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4132-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4134-1
DOI :
10.1109/BMEI.2009.5305225
