背景:显示标牌在医院中无处不在且必不可少,可以为一些文书服务,操作,和临床功能,包括显示通知,提供方向,并提供临床信息。这些功能提高了效率和患者参与度,减少错误,并增强护理的连续性。随着时间的推移,标牌已经从白板和手写通知等模拟方法发展到液晶显示器等数字显示器,发光二极管,and,现在,电子墨水显示器。电子墨水显示器是纸状显示器,其不是背光的,并且通过响应于施加的电流排列微囊化的彩色珠显示内容。电源只需要生成内容,而不是保留它。这些显示非常易读,具有低眼睛疲劳;将蓝光的发射降至最低;需要最小的功率;并且可以由多个数据源驱动,从虚拟服务器到电子健康记录系统。这些属性使使电子墨水显示器适应医院成为理想的用例。
目的:在本文中,我们旨在概述医院中标牌和显示器的使用,重点是电子墨水显示器。我们旨在评估在医院中使用这些显示器的优势和局限性,并概述电子墨水显示器的各种面向公众和面向患者的应用。最后,我们旨在讨论采用和部署电子墨水显示器时必须遵循的技术考虑因素和实施框架。
方法:电子墨水显示器面向公众的应用包括标牌和寻路器,共享工作区的时间表,还有布告栏和公告栏.临床显示应用可以是较小的形状因子,诸如门牌或床边卡。较大的,≥40英寸外形规格可在病房或临床指挥中心用作数字白板,以显示一般信息,患者和临床医生信息,和护理计划。在所有这些应用中,这种显示器可以取代模拟白板,布告板,甚至其他数字屏幕。
结果:我们正在进行试点研究项目,以描述在临床环境中采用电子墨水显示器的最佳用例和实践。这将需要与主要利益攸关方联络,收集客观的后勤和可行性数据,and,最终,量化和描述对临床护理和患者满意度的影响。
结论:在临床环境中,有几个用例可能非常适合电子墨水显示器使用。在此采用中要研究的主要考虑因素是网络连接性,内容管理,隐私和安全鲁棒性,并与现有模式进行了详细的比较。电子墨水显示器为面向未来的现有实践提供了绝佳的机会。需要理论上的考虑和现实世界的测试,以确定优点是否超过电子墨水显示器的限制。
BACKGROUND: Display signage is ubiquitous and essential in hospitals to serve several clerical, operational, and clinical functions, including displaying notices, providing directions, and presenting clinical information. These functions improve efficiency and patient engagement, reduce errors, and enhance the continuity of care. Over time, signage has evolved from analog approaches such as whiteboards and handwritten notices to digital displays such as liquid crystal displays, light emitting diodes, and, now, electronic ink displays. Electronic ink displays are paper-like displays that are not backlit and show content by aligning microencapsulated color beads in response to an applied electric current. Power is only required to generate content and not to retain it. These displays are very readable, with low eye strain; minimize the emission of blue light; require minimal power; and can be driven by several data sources, ranging from virtual servers to electronic health record systems. These attributes make adapting electronic ink displays to hospitals an ideal use case.
OBJECTIVE: In this paper, we aimed to outline the use of signage and displays in hospitals with a focus on electronic ink displays. We aimed to assess the advantages and limitations of using these displays in hospitals and outline the various public-facing and patient-facing applications of electronic ink displays. Finally, we aimed to discuss the technological considerations and an implementation framework that must be followed when adopting and deploying electronic ink displays.
METHODS: The public-facing applications of electronic ink displays include signage and way-finders, timetables for shared workspaces, and noticeboards and bulletin boards. The clinical display applications may be smaller form factors such as door signs or bedside cards. The larger, ≥40-inch form factors may be used within patient rooms or at clinical command centers as a digital whiteboard to display general information, patient and clinician information, and care plans. In all these applications, such displays could replace analog whiteboards, noticeboards, and even other digital screens.
RESULTS: We are conducting pilot research projects to delineate best use cases and practices in adopting electronic ink displays in clinical settings. This will entail liaising with key stakeholders, gathering objective logistical and feasibility data, and, ultimately, quantifying and describing the effect on clinical care and patient satisfaction.
CONCLUSIONS: There are several use cases in a clinical setting that may lend themselves perfectly to electronic ink display use. The main considerations to be studied in this adoption are network connectivity, content management, privacy and security robustness, and detailed comparison with existing modalities. Electronic ink displays offer a superior opportunity to future-proof existing practices. There is a need for theoretical considerations and real-world testing to determine if the advantages outweigh the limitations of electronic ink displays.