The user survey of the computerized management system for pressure-ulcers by utilizing the data warehouse

Abstract

To integrate and make full use of medical data effectively, we constructed the computerized pressure-ulcers management system using retrieved data from the data warehouse in which all patients' data has been stored. The physical screening items were standardized among the medical collaboration teams and enrolled in the basic patient profiles in the electrical medical records. The management system of pressure-ulcers was composed of the risk screening, the risk evaluations, and the therapy for pressure-ulcers. The risk screening was obtained from the data warehouse, which resulted in the preventive plans for pressure-ulcers. The risk management of pressure ulcers was composed of the pressure-ulcer risk factors, the disease information, and the physical status of patients. The therapeutic management recorded the local photos and the evaluation of pressure-ulcers using the DESIGN methods standardized in the Japanese Society of Pressure Ulcers. At half-year after the system was introduced, we conducted 242 user surveys using nurses with more than five years working experience. The user nurses evaluated the system to be easy to use/relatively easy to use (80%), and to improve the interest to pressure-ulcers (95%).

The pressure-ulcers management system using the data warehouse seemed to improve usability and to enhance interest in pressure-ulcers of user nurses.