Claus Ingemann Pedersen*, new'ish, Copenhagen, Denmark Track: Practice Presentation Topic: Mobile & Tablet Health Applications Presentation Type: Oral presentation Submission Type: Single Presentation Building: Joseph B. Martin Conference Center at Harvard Medical School Room: C-Rotunda Room Date: 2012-09-15 11:00 AM – 11:45 AM Last modified: 2012-09-10

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workflow-to-goâ„¢
Imagine health care professionals to be able to access situation/medical device specific instructions instantly and on-location at the patients´ bedside without having the need of a computer or entry of search criteria, passwords etc? This is what workflow-to-go™ enables doctors and nurses to do.
From case studies at Odense University Hospital, Denmark, we know, that the greatest reduction of Clinical Incidents come from consequent use of instructions in the clinical practice.
workflow-to-goâ„¢ is an app-based tool for linking a smart phone/tablet to documentation already stored in other it-applications (e.g. Quality Systems) through QR-codes. Simply: scan a code and get instant presentation of the related documentation in the palm of your hand.
Health care professionals face many complex situations during a day. Not only are doctors, nurses and other health care professionals exposed to many patients with different clinical conditions, they are also requested to use multiple fast-changing technologies and procedures promptly and effectively in a hectic workday.
The combination of complexity, fast-changing technology, procedures and time pressure are root causes to Clinical Incidents directly impacting the patient and potentially resulting in either repeated treatments meaning longer hospitalization or in worsening the condition; ultimately to a life threatening level.
Clinical Incidents also affect professionals, hospitals and the surrounding society. Clearly health care professionals are impacted through uncertainties, pressure of risking wrong decision-making and consequently stress in their daily work environment. It is well documented that a stressful work environment has many undesired effects in terms of more mistakes, sickness and high attrition.
Clinical Incidents can also lead to substantial malpractice liabilities for hospitals and suppliers and the business case for limiting the number of incidents through increasing speed and accuracy of technical and procedural execution is substantial.
workflow-to-goâ„¢ combines familiar hardware and software into an effective and user-friendly tool granting, doctors and nurses access to updated instructions within seconds right on the spot where they are to be used. This means that all manuals are 100% mobile.
workflow-to-goâ„¢ consists of an APP working on Apple and Android platforms, a set of unique QR-code labels and is configured through a web based backbone system, accessed through the internet as Software as a Service. The configuration backbone determines rights and roles for personnel and devices and secures a dynamic use of the QR-codes. Once a QR-code is attached to a physical location it shall never be changed. Content is controlled from the backbone.
Once configured the APP provide a range of facilities for the user. Apart from scanning QR-codes a complete range of general procedures can be retrieved from the device and a mechanism ensures that important documents are continuously synced and made accessible in the device even when the device is out of network coverage.