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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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Computers in Nursing Vol. 10; no. 2; pp. 51 - 60
Main Author: Smith VJ
Format: pictorial Journal Article
Published: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 1992 Mar-Apr
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
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Summary: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.