Mobile Application for Personalized Patient Surgical Safety Checklists

2013

LONDON, UK

Marta Vázquez Vázquez

(Andalusian Patient Safety Observatory)

Background

Background

Background

Background

Objective

To measure the performance of

a smartphone application,

which allows to manage

safety preoperative checklist

for patients, according to

their conditions.

Methods

Comprueba - Check it!

Personalized checklist, according to:

- Characteristics and need

Costa del Sol Hospital (Marbella, Málaga)

Personalized for each patient

48/24 hours before the surgery

Methods

Comprueba allows:

- to create alarms

- to notify the hospital in case some critical check is hasn´t been met.

- integration with the EMR and personal health record.

Methods

Main benefits:

- It is a new filter on an really early stage of the

surgery.

- To avoid cancellations of surgeries due to

improper preparation of the patient

(currently, 15%).

Results

Pilot stage:

- At the Outpatient Service and the Ambulatory Surgical service (Cataracts intervention)

- 1250 patients

- Expected cancellations under 1%

- Already planing to extend it to other surgeries.

Conclusions

This app opens the way to the possibility of generating other personalized medical

safety checklists for patients (Invasive procedures, safe childbirth checklist…).

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