Studies in health technology and informatics
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Stud Health Technol Inform · Jan 2010
Tailoring teleconsultation to meet the current needs of neurosurgical services: a multimodality oriented neurosurgical consultation.
Teleconsultation in Neurosurgery was introduced in Malaysia in 2006 with the aims of enhancing quality services in the field of Neurosurgery. The present teleconsultation system is equipped with user friendly features which allow physicians to send and neurosurgeons to gain access to patient data in a swift and effective manner. In the past, teleconsultation in neurosurgery was tied with teleradiology, however we have now developed a multimodality system to cater specifically for neurosurgery. ⋯ Only 36% of cases needed emergency transfers and 9.9% of the cases were managed remotely at distant hospitals. Another 9.4% of the cases were either transferred electively or brought to the clinic for consultation. The above findings emphasise the importance of teleconsultation as a means to provide wide medical coverage within the region.
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In this introduction we summarize the contributions to the Fourth International Conference Information Technology in Health Care: Socio-technical Approaches. We argue that putting to use information systems in health care is a difficult and winding road. ⋯ But this understanding should also lead to better design and implementation methods. Therefore this conference wishes to address the challenges of safe systems and patient safety, ten years after the publication of the landmark reports on human error and quality of health care by the Institute of Medicine.
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Correct use of medical equipment within the clinical environment is of prime importance. This includes awareness of the safety issues regarding equipment, particular when it is an electrically powered device. ⋯ It is important that one can identify in advance any potential hazards which may arise with electrical equipment due to technical or environmental factors. This paper gives an overview of electrical safety.