LAUSR.org creates dashboard-style pages of related content for over 1.5 million academic articles. Sign Up to like articles & get recommendations!

Medical Emergency Data and Networks: A German-Canadian Comparison

Photo from wikipedia

A significant number of problems in emergency care are caused by a lack of provider access to pre-existing patient information at the point of care. Medical Emergency Datasets (MEDs) are… Click to show full abstract

A significant number of problems in emergency care are caused by a lack of provider access to pre-existing patient information at the point of care. Medical Emergency Datasets (MEDs) are brief summarizations of an individual's medical history, providing vital patient information to emergency medical providers. The German MED was validated by German physicians and - based on an international research project - also by Canadian physicians. Physicians in both countries considered the content very useful. The MED is currently being introduced in Germany as part of the Telematic Infrastructure. At the same time, the COVID pandemic forced healthcare professionals around the work to optimize the digital information exchange among different healthcare providers. While the exchange of data is important, additional personal expert advice is sometimes vital. Real time virtual support systems (RTVS) were introduced in Germany and Canada to support team-based healthcare delivery, independent of the actual location. Such systems have been implemented for intensive care, emergency medicine, primary care and several other medical specialties. These systems serve as a safety net, a funnel (appropriate utilization; linking patients back to primary care networks - thus reducing fragmented or disrupted services) and a medical network by building interprofessional relationships.

Keywords: emergency; networks german; medical emergency; care; data networks; emergency data

Journal Title: Studies in health technology and informatics
Year Published: 2022

Link to full text (if available)


Share on Social Media:                               Sign Up to like & get
recommendations!

Related content

More Information              News              Social Media              Video              Recommended



                Click one of the above tabs to view related content.