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First published December 20, 2007 as JAMIA PrePrint; doi:10.1197/jamia.M2489
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association 2008;15(2):184-194
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Submitted on April 24, 2007
Accepted on November 8, 2007

Supporting Patient Care in the Emergency Department with a Computerized Whiteboard System

Dominik Aronsky MD, PhD1*, Ian Jones MD1, Kevin Lanaghan BS2, and Corey M. Slovis MD3

Affiliation of the authors: 1 Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN; Department of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN ; 2 Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN ; 3 Department of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

* To whom correspondence should be addressed.

Efficient information management and communication within the emergency department (ED) is essential to providing timely and high-quality patient care. The ED whiteboard (census board) usually serves as an ED's central access point for operational and patient-related information. This article describes the design, functionality, and experiences with a computerized ED whiteboard, which has the ability to display relevant operational and patient-related information in real time. Embedded functionality, additional whiteboard views, and the integration with ED and institutional information system components, such as the computerized patient record or the provider order entry system, provide rapid access to more detailed information. As an information center the computerized whiteboard supports our ED environment not only for providing patient care, but also for operational, educational, and research activities.






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