Development of a computerized observational data collection tool for a medication error study

The purpose of this study was to introduce the development of a computerized tool, called 'MedObs Collector' and its' qualitative usefulness in a medication error study. The requirements for a tool were driven from the medication error research design and users of five research assist...

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Published inStudies in health technology and informatics Vol. 146; p. 445
Main Authors Cho, Insook, Park, Hye-Ok, Choi, Yoon Jung, Hwang, Mi Hee
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Netherlands 2009
Subjects
Data Collection - methods
Health Services Research
Humans
Intensive Care Units
Korea
Medication Errors - prevention & control
Observation
Software Design
User-Computer Interface
Korea
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Summary:The purpose of this study was to introduce the development of a computerized tool, called 'MedObs Collector' and its' qualitative usefulness in a medication error study. The requirements for a tool were driven from the medication error research design and users of five research assistants. The MedObs Collector was designed to support multi-user data input and automatic match between data records. MS Access(R) was used in implementation. We applied this tool to collecting and managing data in a clinical setting and received feedback from users. Through the informal evaluation we found several advantages in training and establishing reliability. It has also reduced the amount of time required for data entry.
ISSN:0926-9630
DOI:10.3233/978-1-60750-024-7-445