QJM : monthly journal of the Association of Physicians
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Observational Study
Can mobile technology improve response times of junior doctors to urgent out-of-hours calls? A prospective observational study.
The Hospital at Night system has been widely adopted to manage Out-of-Hours workload. However, it has the potential to introduce delays and corruption of information. The introduction of newer technologies to replace landlines, pagers and paper may ameliorate these issues. ⋯ Introduction of a Hospital at Night system supported by mobile technology appeared to improve the transfer of information, but did not affect the nursing decision whether to escalate abnormal findings.