Development of mobile-based intelligent surgery information system

Nowadays, medical industry actively develops mobile-based information system to improve service quality. It can not only reduce writing errors caused by human negligence, but also reduce nurse´s and physician´s workload and elevate the quality of patient care. The study was conducted at a medical center located in northern Taiwan. Through the establishment of the proposed mobile-based information system, documents used in surgeries are eliminated and are recorded in computers. This mobile-based information system combines HIS, PACS and LIS to assist medical personnel to import patient´s clinical records, imaging reports, inspection reports and other relevant information before, during and after surgery. We propose the record, re-check, report and reference, the 4R checking mechanism as the core concept of the development of the proposed mobile-based intelligent surgery information system. The checking mechanism can automatically view the completion of medical record, and maintain a high degree of integrity if the records are incomplete. After launching the system one and half year, we conduct a questionnaire survey and collect data from nurses and physicians who use this system. The survey was designed to measure the successfulness of the mobile-based information system. Questions focused on three broad areas: information quality, system quality, and users´ satisfaction. The results confirmed a high degree of satisfaction among users. According to the feedback, it shows that the system should improve the function of automatic saving on regular basis.