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- Title
Software development for emergency bed management.
- Authors
de Oliveira, Izabella Soares; Almeida Lima, Eliane de Fátima; Casagrande da Silva, Rita Inês; Figueiredo, Karla Crozeta; Brasileiro Dias, Isabel Cussi; Primo, Candida Caniçali
- Abstract
Objective: to describe the process of developing a software for emergency bed management. Methods: a participatory research based on User-Centered Design in four stages: 1) definition of requirements and structure elaboration; 2) generation of alternatives and prototyping; 3) tests; 4) implementation. Seminars were held with health professionals between May 21, 2018 and May 31, 2019 for the preparation and assessment of software content. Results: the software CuidarTech KRONOS was developed for emergency bed management using the kanban methodology. Final considerations: this software will assist professionals' and managers' decision-making providing more reliable data to enable the improvement of work processes and the quality of patient care. Developing a bed management software is innovative in the health field, and no articles were found describing this methodology.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; CONSENSUS (Social sciences); LENGTH of stay in hospitals; HOSPITAL emergency services; ACADEMIC medical centers; HOSPITAL utilization; SOFTWARE architecture; CONCEPTUAL structures; ACTION research; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; RESEARCH funding; ADULT education workshops
- Publication
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem, 2021, Vol 74, p1
- ISSN
0034-7167
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/0034-7167-2020-0055