
%0 Journal Article
%A Bolsin, Stephen N 
%A Faunce, Tom 
%A Colson, Mark 
%T Using portable digital technology for clinical care and critical incidents: a new model
%J Australian Health Review
%D 2005/09/01
%V 29
%N 3
%P 297-305
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/AH050297
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/AH050297 
%X The number of patients suffering adverse incidents during treatment in hospitals is not declining. The cost of this poor safety record in Australia is $1 billion to $4.7 billion each year. Quality and safety initiatives focus on promoting adverse event reporting. Major problems include poor reporting of adverse events and lack of clinician involvement. We propose a model for clinician-led reporting based on secure transmission of encrypted data from a programmed personal digital assistant (PDA) to a secure database, leading to automated analysis of clinician-performance data. The programmed PDA also facilitates the reporting of critical incidents. All critical incidents are automatically fed back by email to the organisational quality managers. 
