Impact of IPMOE on nursing tasks in the medical ward: A time-motion study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The In-patient Medication Order Entry System (IPMOE) was first implemented in the medical ward of Princess Margaret Hospital, Hong Kong. It was a local developed close-loop system including prescription, dispensing and administration modules. Evaluation on its impact on nursing tasks would be important for practice improvement and subsequent system enhancement.

Objective

The study was conducted to quantify the nursing times across medication-associated tasks for paper-based MAR and computer-based IPMOE, including change in the tasks and time patterns before and after IPMOE implementation.

Methods

This was a prospective observation study in medical wards before (Jan 2014-Jun 2014) and after (Mar 2015-Jun 2015) the implementation of IPMOE. We conducted 8-hr

SUBMITTER: Leung M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6626216 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature