Improving patient health outcomes in acute care hospital settings using mobile wireless technology and handheld computers

该项目将调查位于南方卫生保健和皇家妇女医院的三个急性护理临床单元中无线手持计算机的使用情况，以确定对患者安全和护理质量的影响。澳大利亚医院的护士需要实时获取(和输入)患者信息、护理参考信息和药物信息。该项目旨在通过为护士提供无线手持访问此类资源来满足这一需求。该项目意义重大，因为其成果将为澳大利亚和海外的护士提供一套在临床病房管理无线手持计算机的指导方针，以提高患者的安全和护理质量。

This project will investigate the use of wireless handheld computers, in three acute care clinical units located at Southern Health and the Royal Women's Hospital, to determine the impact on patient safety and quality of care. There is a need for real time point-of-care access (and input) to patient information, nursing reference information, and drug information for nurses in Australian hospitals. This project aims to address this need by providing nurses with wireless handheld access to such resources. This project is extremely significant, as the outcomes will provide nurses, in Australia and overseas, a set of guidelines for managing wireless handheld computers in clinical units, to enhance patient safety and quality of care.