Comparison of Digital Versus Conventional Documentation of Ward Round in Terms of Staff Satisfaction, Effect on Education, and Adherence to British Orthopaedic Association Guidelines
Chaudary, Muhammad I Zeb, Junaid Arshad, Faizan Sadiq, Salman Hanif, Umar-Khetaab Saleem, Usman Chaudhry, Fouad
Chaudary, Muhammad I
Zeb, Junaid
Arshad, Faizan
Sadiq, Salman
Hanif, Umar-Khetaab
Saleem, Usman
Chaudhry, Fouad
Affiliation
The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust; University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire; The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
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Publication date
2022-08-02
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Abstract
Objective To compare the role of paper-based versus digital record keeping in the orthopaedic ward in terms of staff satisfaction, education of staff, and adherence to British Orthopaedic Association (BOA) guidelines. Materials and methods Forty-four participants including nurses, senior house officers, foundation year trainees, and consultants completed a questionnaire. The first survey was done to introduce electronic records keeping to the participants and the second survey was conducted to review the collected record. Three parameters were assessed, which were adherence to BOA guidelines, staff satisfaction, and effect of education for both paper-based and electronic records. Comparison between two methods of record keeping was done by independent t-test for continuous data and chi-square test for categorical. Results For all four questions about staff satisfaction, the score of the electronic method was higher than paperwork statistically. The score for 'opportunity to learn images in ward round' was higher in electronic (3.9±0.8) than paperwork (2.6±1.3) statistically (p<0.001). Comparable results were found for 'educational usefulness of ward round' and 'typing time affecting learning time'. For adherence to guidelines, the electronic record keeping was more effective in storing the patient's ID and name (p=0.05), details of documenting clinician (p<0.001), time of ward round ((p=0.005), whom to contact in case of concern (p=0.050), and grade of ward round clinician (<0.001). Conclusion Electronic records in the orthopaedic ward were deemed better than paperwork in terms of staff satisfaction, positive effect on the education of doctors, and adherence to BOA guidelines.
Citation
Chaudary MI, Zeb J, Arshad F, Sadiq S, Hanif UK, Saleem U, Chaudhry F. Comparison of Digital Versus Conventional Documentation of Ward Round in Terms of Staff Satisfaction, Effect on Education, and Adherence to British Orthopaedic Association Guidelines. Cureus. 2022 Aug 2;14(8):e27598. doi: 10.7759/cureus.27598
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Journal Article