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Electronic Paper Displays in Hospital Operations: Proposal for Deployment and Implementation

BACKGROUND: Display signage is ubiquitous and essential in hospitals to serve several clerical, operational, and clinical functions, including displaying notices, providing directions, and presenting clinical information. These functions improve efficiency and patient engagement, reduce errors, and...

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Autores principales: Jambaulikar, Guruprasad D, Marshall, Andrew, Hasdianda, Mohammad Adrian, Cao, Chenzhe, Chen, Paul, Miyawaki, Steven, Baugh, Christopher W, Zhang, Haipeng, McCabe, Jonathan, Su, Jennifer, Landman, Adam B, Chai, Peter Ray
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Publicado: JMIR Publications 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8374667/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34346904
http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/30862
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author Jambaulikar, Guruprasad D
Marshall, Andrew
Hasdianda, Mohammad Adrian
Cao, Chenzhe
Chen, Paul
Miyawaki, Steven
Baugh, Christopher W
Zhang, Haipeng
McCabe, Jonathan
Su, Jennifer
Landman, Adam B
Chai, Peter Ray
author_facet Jambaulikar, Guruprasad D
Marshall, Andrew
Hasdianda, Mohammad Adrian
Cao, Chenzhe
Chen, Paul
Miyawaki, Steven
Baugh, Christopher W
Zhang, Haipeng
McCabe, Jonathan
Su, Jennifer
Landman, Adam B
Chai, Peter Ray
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description BACKGROUND: Display signage is ubiquitous and essential in hospitals to serve several clerical, operational, and clinical functions, including displaying notices, providing directions, and presenting clinical information. These functions improve efficiency and patient engagement, reduce errors, and enhance the continuity of care. Over time, signage has evolved from analog approaches such as whiteboards and handwritten notices to digital displays such as liquid crystal displays, light emitting diodes, and, now, electronic ink displays. Electronic ink displays are paper-like displays that are not backlit and show content by aligning microencapsulated color beads in response to an applied electric current. Power is only required to generate content and not to retain it. These displays are very readable, with low eye strain; minimize the emission of blue light; require minimal power; and can be driven by several data sources, ranging from virtual servers to electronic health record systems. These attributes make adapting electronic ink displays to hospitals an ideal use case. OBJECTIVE: In this paper, we aimed to outline the use of signage and displays in hospitals with a focus on electronic ink displays. We aimed to assess the advantages and limitations of using these displays in hospitals and outline the various public-facing and patient-facing applications of electronic ink displays. Finally, we aimed to discuss the technological considerations and an implementation framework that must be followed when adopting and deploying electronic ink displays. METHODS: The public-facing applications of electronic ink displays include signage and way-finders, timetables for shared workspaces, and noticeboards and bulletin boards. The clinical display applications may be smaller form factors such as door signs or bedside cards. The larger, ≥40-inch form factors may be used within patient rooms or at clinical command centers as a digital whiteboard to display general information, patient and clinician information, and care plans. In all these applications, such displays could replace analog whiteboards, noticeboards, and even other digital screens. RESULTS: We are conducting pilot research projects to delineate best use cases and practices in adopting electronic ink displays in clinical settings. This will entail liaising with key stakeholders, gathering objective logistical and feasibility data, and, ultimately, quantifying and describing the effect on clinical care and patient satisfaction. CONCLUSIONS: There are several use cases in a clinical setting that may lend themselves perfectly to electronic ink display use. The main considerations to be studied in this adoption are network connectivity, content management, privacy and security robustness, and detailed comparison with existing modalities. Electronic ink displays offer a superior opportunity to future-proof existing practices. There is a need for theoretical considerations and real-world testing to determine if the advantages outweigh the limitations of electronic ink displays.
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spelling pubmed-83746672021-08-24 Electronic Paper Displays in Hospital Operations: Proposal for Deployment and Implementation Jambaulikar, Guruprasad D Marshall, Andrew Hasdianda, Mohammad Adrian Cao, Chenzhe Chen, Paul Miyawaki, Steven Baugh, Christopher W Zhang, Haipeng McCabe, Jonathan Su, Jennifer Landman, Adam B Chai, Peter Ray JMIR Form Res Early Report BACKGROUND: Display signage is ubiquitous and essential in hospitals to serve several clerical, operational, and clinical functions, including displaying notices, providing directions, and presenting clinical information. These functions improve efficiency and patient engagement, reduce errors, and enhance the continuity of care. Over time, signage has evolved from analog approaches such as whiteboards and handwritten notices to digital displays such as liquid crystal displays, light emitting diodes, and, now, electronic ink displays. Electronic ink displays are paper-like displays that are not backlit and show content by aligning microencapsulated color beads in response to an applied electric current. Power is only required to generate content and not to retain it. These displays are very readable, with low eye strain; minimize the emission of blue light; require minimal power; and can be driven by several data sources, ranging from virtual servers to electronic health record systems. These attributes make adapting electronic ink displays to hospitals an ideal use case. OBJECTIVE: In this paper, we aimed to outline the use of signage and displays in hospitals with a focus on electronic ink displays. We aimed to assess the advantages and limitations of using these displays in hospitals and outline the various public-facing and patient-facing applications of electronic ink displays. Finally, we aimed to discuss the technological considerations and an implementation framework that must be followed when adopting and deploying electronic ink displays. METHODS: The public-facing applications of electronic ink displays include signage and way-finders, timetables for shared workspaces, and noticeboards and bulletin boards. The clinical display applications may be smaller form factors such as door signs or bedside cards. The larger, ≥40-inch form factors may be used within patient rooms or at clinical command centers as a digital whiteboard to display general information, patient and clinician information, and care plans. In all these applications, such displays could replace analog whiteboards, noticeboards, and even other digital screens. RESULTS: We are conducting pilot research projects to delineate best use cases and practices in adopting electronic ink displays in clinical settings. This will entail liaising with key stakeholders, gathering objective logistical and feasibility data, and, ultimately, quantifying and describing the effect on clinical care and patient satisfaction. CONCLUSIONS: There are several use cases in a clinical setting that may lend themselves perfectly to electronic ink display use. The main considerations to be studied in this adoption are network connectivity, content management, privacy and security robustness, and detailed comparison with existing modalities. Electronic ink displays offer a superior opportunity to future-proof existing practices. There is a need for theoretical considerations and real-world testing to determine if the advantages outweigh the limitations of electronic ink displays. JMIR Publications 2021-08-04 /pmc/articles/PMC8374667/ /pubmed/34346904 http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/30862 Text en ©Guruprasad D Jambaulikar, Andrew Marshall, Mohammad Adrian Hasdianda, Chenzhe Cao, Paul Chen, Steven Miyawaki, Christopher W Baugh, Haipeng Zhang, Jonathan McCabe, Jennifer Su, Adam B Landman, Peter Ray Chai. Originally published in JMIR Formative Research (https://formative.jmir.org), 04.08.2021. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work, first published in JMIR Formative Research, is properly cited. The complete bibliographic information, a link to the original publication on https://formative.jmir.org, as well as this copyright and license information must be included.
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Jambaulikar, Guruprasad D
Marshall, Andrew
Hasdianda, Mohammad Adrian
Cao, Chenzhe
Chen, Paul
Miyawaki, Steven
Baugh, Christopher W
Zhang, Haipeng
McCabe, Jonathan
Su, Jennifer
Landman, Adam B
Chai, Peter Ray
Electronic Paper Displays in Hospital Operations: Proposal for Deployment and Implementation
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8374667/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/30862
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