An open source computer software to facilitate clinical audits. A case study.

1. ddimer,
ctpa, ctkub,
troponin ...
IVOR WANTED TO KNOW HOW
HIS A&E WAS PERFORMING. THAT SHOULD BE EASY.
HIS A&E KEEPS
PATIENT NOTES AND
INVESTIGATION
RESULTS IN DIGITAL
FORM.
electronic
patient record
(EDIS)
results
server
(ICE)
I V O R S T A R T S W I T H
PULMONARY EMBOLISM
(PE).
SURE. IT DEPARTMENT
CAN HELP.
THEY CREATE A LIST OF
ALL THE PATIENTS WITH
SUSPECTED PE FROM THE
LAST 5 YEARS.
here is a 1000 of
them in a spreadsheet.
IT WILL
TAKE 34 HOURS
OF WORK. AND
MISTAKES WILL
HAPPEN.
BUT WAIT...
THERE IS NO WAY TO
COMBINE PATIENTS
WITH THEIR DDIMER,
CTPA, V/Q SCAN OR
U L T R A S O U N D S C A N
RESULTS???
IVOR HAS to access
RESULTS SERVER (ICE),
S E A R C H F O R E V E R Y
INDIVIDUAL PATIENT
AND EXTRACT ALL THE
DESIRED DATA POINTS
MANUALLY!!!
Patient Results Collector
open source computer software to facilitate clinical audits
Ivor Kovic
ivorkovic@gmail.com
calderdale & huddersfield NHs foundation trust
ivan gustin
ivan.gustin@gmail.com
elin ltd. - pazin, croatiA
IVAN STARTED TACKLING THE
PROBLEM.
hmm,
there must
be a way we can
automate this.
I
KNOW. WE
CAN USE
OPEN SOURCE
TECHNOLOGIES
TO CREATE A
COMPUTER
PROGRAM.
AFTER DAYS OF
TIRELESS WORK
EMERGED
HOW DOES IT WORK?
user inputs a list of unique patient numbers and
dates of a&E visits + defines wanted investigation
results.
PRC anonymously, rapidly and reliably extracts
results, merges them with data from PATIENT RECORD
and presents it in a form that is ready for analysis.
PATIENT RESULT COLLECTOR
PRC WAS PUT TO THE TEST. And it totally rocked.
#win
1
2
MAN PRC
Troponin
results
558 patients
9 h 15 min
Ddimer levels
& CTPA results
1007 patients
34 h 1 h
Time of blood
collection,
arrival to the
laboratory,
and of report
5000 patients
200 h 2.5 h
YOUR NEXT
PROJECT WITH PRC
GET IN TOUCH!