ED Management. 30(366):, APR 2018
Issn Print: 1044-9167
Publication Date: 2018/04/01
Community Hospital Uses Mobile App to Improve Communications, Accelerate Throughput: New tool allows EMS providers to relay critical information about incoming patients to the ED
Abstract
To improve communications between EMS providers and the ED, The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, NJ, adopted an app that enables prehospital providers to notify the ED electronically that a patient is on the way, along with any key clinical information. The approach replaces the need for phone or radio notifications, which can tie up ED-based staff or get missed when the ED is busy.
