Targeting Older Patient’s Pain within the Acute Care Setting: Development and Organisational Aspects of Health Innovations

P. F. Summons, I. Higgins, C. Phelan, F. Hodson, J. Douglas, L. Ritchards, P. Dobson, D. Bruce, G. Mabbott

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Abstract

This paper reports on the facilitators and barriers to the development and implementation of a pilot study undertaken in collaboration by clinicians from an Australian Area Health Service and academics from The University of Newcastle. It includes a description of a computerised clinical chart audit tool that may be developed to automate audits in the future. The pilot study investigated the efficacy of an educational promotion, termed the "Targeting Pain" campaign, to facilitate the detection and management of pain in older patients in an acute care ward of a large tertiary hospital.

Original languageEnglish
Number of pages10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2010
Externally publishedYes
Event21st Australasian Conference on Information Systems, ACIS 2010 - Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Duration: 1 Dec 20103 Dec 2010

Conference

Conference21st Australasian Conference on Information Systems, ACIS 2010
Country/TerritoryAustralia
CityBrisbane, QLD
Period1/12/103/12/10

Keywords

  • Clinical audit
  • Clinical education
  • Innovation diffusion
  • Older patient
  • Pain

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