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PURPOSE: Our hospital uses an Interactive Patient Care (IPC) tool to provide entertainment, education, and communication through the patient's television. In 2014, we implemented a pain management interface (PMI) connecting… Click to show full abstract
PURPOSE: Our hospital uses an Interactive Patient Care (IPC) tool to provide entertainment, education, and communication through the patient's television. In 2014, we implemented a pain management interface (PMI) connecting the IPC, Electronic Health Record (EHR), nurse's phone, and pharmacy inventory management system. This interface allows for the timed reassessment of pain through the patient's television by triggering a pop-up question about pain level at a pre-defined time after medication is administered. The patient's pain rating is immediately communicated to the nurse and documented in the EHR. We aimed to …
Journal Title: Pediatrics
Year Published: 2018
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