Inter-professional delirium education and care: a qualitative feasibility study of implementing a delirium Smartphone application

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Research Article

Melvyn Zhang¹  Jennifer Laidlaw²  David Urbach²  Kathleen Bingham²  Karin Kantarovich²  Sanjeev Sockalingam²  Roger Ho³ 

[1] Biomedical Global Institute of Healthcare Research and Technology (BIGHEART), National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore;Institute of Mental Health, 10 Buangkok Green Medical Park, Singapore, Singapore;Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;Department of Psychological Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore;

关键词: Delirium;    Education;    E-health;    M-health;    Smartphone applications;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12911-016-0288-1

 received in 2016-01-25, accepted in 2016-04-21,  发布年份 2016

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundDelirium is a common medical condition with a high prevalence in hospital settings. Effective delirium management requires a multi-component intervention, including the use of Interprofessional teams and evidence-based interventions at the point of care. One vehicle for increasing access of delirium practice tools at the point of care is E-health. There has been a paucity of studies describing the implementation of delirium related clinical application. The purpose of this current study is to acquire users’ perceptions of the utility, feasibility and effectiveness of a smartphone application for delirium care in a general surgery unit. In addition, the authors aimed to elucidate the potential challenges with implementing this application.MethodsThis quantitative study was conducted between January 2015 and June 2015 at the University Health Network, Toronto General Hospital site. Participants met inclusion criteria if they were clinical staff on the General Surgery Unit at the Toronto General Hospital site and had experience caring for patients with delirium. At the conclusion of the 4 weeks after the implementation of the intervention, participants were invited by email to participate in a focus group to discuss their perspectives related to using the delirium applicationResultsOur findings identified several themes related to the implementation and use of this smartphone application in an acute care clinical setting. These themes will provide clinicians preparing to use a smartphone application to support delirium care with an implementation framework.ConclusionsThis study is one of the first to demonstrate the potential utility of a smartphone application for delirium inter-professional education. While this technology does appeal to healthcare professionals, it is important to note potential implementation challenges. Our findings provide insights into these potential barriers and can be used to assist healthcare professionals considering the development and use of an inter-professional clinical care application in their setting.

【 授权许可】

CC BY   
© Zhang et al. 2016