Laptops, wireless phones slash nursing time, improve patient satisfaction with care.

Source :: Health care cost reengineering report [Health Care Cost Reengineering Rep] 1997 Apr; Vol. 2 (4), pp. 58-60.
Publication Year :: 1997
Abstract: Slash hours of wasted nursing time with wireless phones and laptop computers. Part of a massive redesign, Regional Memorial Hospital in Hollywood, FL, found significant time saved and patient care substantially improved by reengineering how and where nurses place orders for medications, retrieve lab results, and make contact with physicians and other caregivers.

Subjects :: Florida
Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over
Hospital Restructuring
Hospitals, Public
Humans
Microcomputers
Multi-Institutional Systems
Nursing Service, Hospital standards
Patient Satisfaction
Radio
Time and Motion Studies
Hospital Communication Systems
Hospital Information Systems
Nursing Service, Hospital organization & administration

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