2019
Esteves, M.; Esteves, M.; Abelha, A.; Machado, J.
A proof of concept of a mobile health application to support professionals in a portuguese nursing home Journal Article
Em: Sensors (Switzerland), vol. 19, não 18, 2019, ISSN: 14248220, (cited By 6).
Resumo | Links | BibTeX | Etiquetas: Competitive intelligence; Decision making; Hospitals; Information analysis; mHealth; Nursing, Databases, Decision making process; Elders; Health informations; Health professionals; Mobile Health (M-Health); Mobile health application; Nursing homes; Technological improvements, factual database; health care delivery; health care personnel; human; injury; medical information; medical record; mobile application; nursing home; organization and management; point of care system; Portugal; professional standard; proof of concept, Factual; Delivery of Health Care; Health Communication; Health Personnel; Humans; Medical Records; Mobile Applications; Nursing Homes; Point-of-Care Systems; Portugal; Professional Role; Proof of Concept Study; Wounds and Injuries, Home health care
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title = {A proof of concept of a mobile health application to support professionals in a portuguese nursing home},
author = {M. Esteves and M. Esteves and A. Abelha and J. Machado},
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doi = {10.3390/s19183951},
issn = {14248220},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-01-01},
journal = {Sensors (Switzerland)},
volume = {19},
number = {18},
publisher = {MDPI AG},
abstract = {Over the past few years, the rapidly aging population has been posing several challenges to healthcare systems worldwide. Consequently, in Portugal, nursing homes have been getting a higher demand, and health professionals working in these facilities are overloaded with work. Moreover, the lack of health information and communication technology (HICT) and the use of unsophisticated methods, such as paper, in nursing homes to clinically manage residents lead to more errors and are time-consuming. Thus, this article proposes a proof of concept of a mobile health (mHealth) application developed for the health professionals working in a Portuguese nursing home to support them at the point-of-care, namely to manage and have access to information and to help them schedule, perform, and digitally record their tasks. Additionally, clinical and performance business intelligence (BI) indicators to assist the decision-making process are also defined. Thereby, this solution aims to introduce technological improvements into the facility to improve healthcare delivery and, by taking advantage of the benefits provided by these improvements, lessen some of the workload experienced by health professionals, reduce time-waste and errors, and, ultimately, enhance elders’ quality of life and improve the quality of the services provided. © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.},
note = {cited By 6},
keywords = {Competitive intelligence; Decision making; Hospitals; Information analysis; mHealth; Nursing, Databases, Decision making process; Elders; Health informations; Health professionals; Mobile Health (M-Health); Mobile health application; Nursing homes; Technological improvements, factual database; health care delivery; health care personnel; human; injury; medical information; medical record; mobile application; nursing home; organization and management; point of care system; Portugal; professional standard; proof of concept, Factual; Delivery of Health Care; Health Communication; Health Personnel; Humans; Medical Records; Mobile Applications; Nursing Homes; Point-of-Care Systems; Portugal; Professional Role; Proof of Concept Study; Wounds and Injuries, Home health care},
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