Title :
Analysis of computer-supported oral anticoagulant treatment follow-up workflow
Author :
Niiranen, Samuli T. ; Yli-Hietanen, Jan M.
Author_Institution :
Department of Signal Processing, Tampere University of Technology, POB 553, 33101, Finland
Abstract :
The objective is to explore the impact of computer-supported reorganization of oral anticoagulation treatment follow-up in a multi-year, multi-clinic pilot study. The focus is on how changes in workflow, namely in anticoagulation workload distribution between nurses and physicians, interact with the quality of care immediately after initial deployment and then later on during the pilot study. The results show that decreases in the physician´s time allocation did not result in a lessened quality of care during periods after reorganization.
Keywords :
Aging; Atrial fibrillation; Costs; Drugs; Laboratories; Marketing and sales; Medical services; Medical treatment; Personnel; Statistics; Administration, Oral; Algorithms; Anticoagulants; Computer Systems; Computers; Guidelines as Topic; Humans; Medical Records Systems, Computerized; Models, Organizational; Nursing; Physicians; Pilot Projects; Quality Assurance, Health Care; Time Factors;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2008. EMBS 2008. 30th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Vancouver, BC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1814-5
Electronic_ISBN :
1557-170X
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2008.4650168