Handwritten medical observation charts could become a thing of the past in hospitals with the development of a pioneering patient monitoring system developed in Oxford hospitals. An iPad-based ...

Handwritten medical observation charts could become a thing of the past in UK hospitals with the development of an iPad-based patient monitoring system. Developed in Oxford hospitals, the iPad ...

Recording observations on paper charts is fraught with challenges, and electronic charting systems could make it easier to pick up and act on patient deterioration. Timely observations have been ...

Biomedical engineers and clinicians at the University of Oxford and the Oxford University Hospitals in England have replaced traditional paper observation charts with iPads equipped with an early ...

Abstract Smith, S. et al (2008) Nursing observations on ward patients - results of a five-year audit. This is an extended version of the article published in Nursing Times; 104: 30, 28-29. Recording ...

The observation chart records six vital signs, scored zero (low risk) to 3 (high risk), and is colour-coded to indicate when a danger level has been reached. If any single measure, ...

A new system developed by the Toumaz Group may hold the key to improving the level of life-saving attention received by patients, providing two-minute updates on their vital signs 24 hours a day ...