Monitor-based software application programs meet the need for fast, accurate information at the bedside... vendor commentary.

This article describes how the availability of applications programs on bedside and central station monitors increases nursing efficiency, enhances patient safety, and reduces hospital costs. Included are descriptions of some specific applications programs that comprise the Space-Labs Clinical Libra...

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Publicado en:Computers in Nursing Vol. 10; no. 2; pp. 51 - 60
Autor principal: Smith VJ
Formato: pictorial Journal Article
Publicado: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 1992 Mar-Apr
Acceso en línea:Ver este registro en EBSCOhost
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Sumario:This article describes how the availability of applications programs on bedside and central station monitors increases nursing efficiency, enhances patient safety, and reduces hospital costs. Included are descriptions of some specific applications programs that comprise the Space-Labs Clinical Library: continuing education credit programs, drug therapy programs and a pacemaker information retrieval database. The benefits of these monitor-based programs -- for nurses and hospitals -- are described.