2018
DOI: 10.1177/1460458218797984
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Factors impeding the effective utilisation of an electronic patient report form during handover from an ambulance to an emergency department

Abstract: We investigated the reasons why the transition from paper to electronically formatted records during patient handover between ambulance crews and emergency department staff in a North East England Emergency Department has not always been viewed positively. Interviews with seven paramedics and three emergency department staff were conducted in addition to observations of 74 ambulance staff during 37 handovers in the emergency department. In just over half of the handovers (20), paramedics found it necessary to … Show more

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“…Internationally, health services have identified the importance of enabling the ‘first responder’ record to be available to clinicians that will subsequently be providing care 8–11 . In the UK, the East Midlands and North East Ambulance Services have implemented electronic patient report forms which transmit information documented by the paramedics directly to the receiving hospital's electronic patient record after the patient is registered in the ED 12 . It appears there is room for improvement in Australasia.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Internationally, health services have identified the importance of enabling the ‘first responder’ record to be available to clinicians that will subsequently be providing care 8–11 . In the UK, the East Midlands and North East Ambulance Services have implemented electronic patient report forms which transmit information documented by the paramedics directly to the receiving hospital's electronic patient record after the patient is registered in the ED 12 . It appears there is room for improvement in Australasia.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…However, the process mapping also indicated a flow of information with staff having access to certain data about patient health, collected prior to Majors entry, which could be used to address some of the bottlenecks. For instance, all patient arrivals via ambulance are accompanied by the Patient Report Form (PRF) [105,106] (or its electronic equivalent, the ePRF), which is generated by paramedics [106]. A copy of the PRF is provided to ED staff at handover [106] [Figure 2; P2].…”
Section: Use Of Precedence Information To Reduce Repeat Testsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…For instance, all patient arrivals via ambulance are accompanied by the Patient Report Form (PRF) [105,106] (or its electronic equivalent, the ePRF), which is generated by paramedics [106]. A copy of the PRF is provided to ED staff at handover [106] [Figure 2; P2]. Additionally, the CAS card [107,108] is generated for all patients at registration and information is recorded in it along the patient flow.…”
Section: Use Of Precedence Information To Reduce Repeat Testsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Like other healthcare providers, paramedics need to do patient assessments and management and it is important to document what they do for the patients. EMS teams can deliver essential information to ED staff while they are enroute to the hospital, such as the status of patients, vital signs, medications, and patient treatment [12,13]. However, if this essential information is not received before arrival at the ED, the ED staff must use the paper-based patient care report (PCR), which might be difficult to read or find [14].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…An electronic patient care report (ePCR) will guarantee much better accessibility of the data and assist in reducing the amount of entered duplicated patient information [16]. Moreover, in the case of a complaint, ePCR can offer evidence regarding interventions and patient outcomes in the prehospital setting [13,17].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%