TAB DESCRIPTIONS CONT.
- Breathing
- Circulation
- Elimination
- Disability
- Mobility
- Consumption
- Exposure
The Patient ED Chart is central to patient care.
Show on ED Status Board
Once the patient has been Triaged, if they have not been discharged, they will be moved to another area within the ED for further treatment, to be seen by a doctor or admitted to the ED for longer term observation / treatment. The ED status board layout is a "live" picture of the occupancy within the Emergency Department. While it is managed via a PC screen, ideally it would be a projected on wall display much like what you would see behind the counter at McDonalds or airport departure lounge.
This gives the nursing staff, doctors, etc., live access to wide array of patient information, cubical status and much more. This would be far more efficient than using a standard white board. This is not to be confused with the 'Admission' layout, the intent is to show all patients within the ED; admitted, pre-admitted and those receiving treatment who will not require admission.
On presentation at the Emergency Department, the patient's details can be easily checked and amended if required. Also their attendance details can be added (mode of arrival, referral source and previous attendances etc.). Both by clicking a simple button.
Other buttons on the ED Patients Check In Layout allow the user to view the GP Referral, Discharge the patient and begin the process of admitting the patient as an In-Patient.
So far the features of the ED Patients Check In Layout are pretty standard, this begins to change with the pop-up Triage layout.
As we have said before, PatientManager is a virtually paperless EDIS / EHR software solution, from this layout the Triage nurse has access to the patient's details, GP Referral, and most importantly any previous ED charts, BUFS (Blood, Urine, Faecal and Swab lab results) charts and prescribed medication charts.
The goal is to give nurses and doctors instant access to the patients entire medical history and data.