eHealth Workshop 1: Valerie Thiessen, Jeremy Trojcak and John Allinson PART TWO

<Insert Creative Commons Logo> Workshop: Mobile technology in health Selecting the right point of care device Facilitators: Valerie Thiessen – Northern Health, Victoria John Allinson – Oxford EME Jeremy Trojak – J Mills DistributioneHealth ConferenceWednesday 23 May 2012

Supporting Technologies • Software • Network, wireless, 3G, single sign-on, smartcards, proximity cards, bar code readers, • Power, UPS, batteries • Examples: IP Adresses; battery managementeHealth Conference @ CeBIT Australia 2012 2 of x

Assessing Supporting Technologies Clinical ‘Walk-Through’ ProcesseHealth Conference @ CeBIT Australia 2012 3 of x

Device Evaluation • Why evaluate devices? – Avoid mistakes – Validate assumptions – Involve users and improve acceptance – Gather experience and knowledge • Technical, logistics, market, user preferences, context – Document findings and for business case – Assist with planningeHealth Conference @ CeBIT Australia 2012 4 of x

Evaluation Methods • Pilot/trial • Literature review • Surveys, comment sheets, interviews, observations, meetingseHealth Conference @ CeBIT Australia 2012 5 of x

Findings • Devices readily adopted, dependent quickly • Benefit in accessing information at point of care • A range of devices required • Device suitability is dependent upon user, system and clinical context • Desktop pc’s still used • Technical issues impacted useability • Deployment issues remained – Ownership, battery charging, cleaning, maintenance, spaceeHealth Conference @ CeBIT Australia 2012 6 of x

eHealth Workshop 1: Valerie Thiessen, Jeremy Trojcak and John Allinson PART TWO

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