Improving Patient Safety Through a Smart Hospitalization Nursing Information System

Changhua Christian Medical Foundation Changhua Christian Hospital

The hospital began using mobile nursing carts in 2011. After digitalizing the nursing process in 2014, the hospital began using AI to assist in keeping nursing records. The quality of nursing records improved from 79.0% in 2014 to 94.0% in 2019, and patient safety indicators related to evidence-based decision-making have improved each year, including: Incidence of pressure injury in hospitalized patients was lowered from 0.6% to 0.2%, chemotherapy extravasation decreased from 0.49% to 0.02%, and physical restraint rate decreased from 1.2 times per 100 hospitalized days to 0.6 times.

Source:2021 Application of Smart Medical Technology

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