AI Article Synopsis
- A new electronic discharge summary system was created to replace traditional paper summaries and prescriptions for better efficiency.
- A study compared 102 patients: 50 used the electronic system while 52 used the conventional method, finding no significant differences in age or hospital stay duration.
- The electronic discharge summary was generated instantly, significantly faster than the conventional system's average of 80 days, suggesting the electronic method is worth exploring further.
Article Abstract
A system of electronic discharge summaries was developed. It replaced conventional discharge prescriptions and dictated discharge summaries. We conducted a prospective case-control study of 102 consecutive patients admitted to our hospital under the care of one consultant physician. Patients discharged after 1 December 2004 were discharged using the new computerised system (50 patients) while patients admitted under the same medical team, but to another ward were discharged using the conventional paper discharge system (52 patients). Patients in the electronic group and the conventional group were similar in age (mean 67 years versus 58 years, P>0.05) and duration of hospital stay (6 days versus 1 day, P>0.05). The mean time taken to produce an electronic discharge summary was immediate (0 days) which was significantly (P<0.0001) less than the mean time taken to produce a conventional discharge summary (80 days). Combining electronic discharge prescriptions with electronic summaries appears promising and merits further study.
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