Title:	MOBILE&WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES CLOSE THE SAFETY LOOP IN HOSPITAL’S BEDSIDE THERAPY MANAGEMENT
Author(s):	Paolo Locatelli, Nicola Restifo, Roberta Facchini, Elena Sini, Michele Torresani
ISBN:	978-989-8533-06-7
Editors:	Hans Weghorn, Leonardo Azevedo and Pedro Isaías
Year:	2011
Edition:	Single
Keywords:	Healthcare Information System, Mobile&Wireless, RFId, Transfusions, Chemotherapy Management, Risk Management
Type:	Full Paper
First Page:	139
Last Page:	146
Language:	English
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Paper Abstract:	Therapy management is a critical clinical process that involves a variety of procedures (drugs, transfusions, medications,..), different professionals, a number of protocols, and medical instruments. It is an “error prone” process and mistakes may lead to harsh consequences. In this scenario ICTs become essential for support and governance. Nowadays bedside activities are still often managed manually and literature shows that processes are managed differently and supported by paper or local IT tools. Challenges are: secure patient and item identification, comprehensive information delivery to clinicians, traceability and control of costs. Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori di Milano (Italy) and partner Fondazione Politecnico di Milano have based an unified approach to bring safety features to bedside on Mobile&Wireless (M&W) technologies, and RFId above all. Starting with transfusion traceability, further projects concern safety of pharmacotherapy and radiotherapy treatments. Mobile&Wireless solution scenarios, impacts and benefits will be discussed in depth: RFId emerges as a key element to close the bedside safety loop, filling the gap left by traditional hospital information systems and M&W applications.
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