Pharmacy Assistant Mobile Application (PAMA): Development and Reviews

Thinnukool, Orawit; Khuwuthyakorn, Pattaraporn; Wientong, Purida

doi:10.3991/ijim.v11i3.6757

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“…The results were based on an application analysis and literature review from previous studies of several medical application systems [2], the emergency alert system, map positioning for emergency medical services, patient monitoring and tracking system for high-risk patients who require services from EMS [3][4][5][16] [22] [27][28] and dental application triage development [26], all of which are systems that can be used to support medical emergency operations. Hence, the proposed application was designed for the Thai social context and it may be used in the same way as other similar applications to provide patients with an alternative choice for emergency aid.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Advanced smart technology has also been found to be widely used in medical healthcare; for example, in monitoring patients, tracing their health conditions, consultations by experts or doctors, obtaining suggestions related to healthcare medication, and much more. [5][6]. The number of people who need to consult doctors or receive medical services could be reduced by substituting new technology as an alternative [7][8].…”

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Thailand Medical Mobile Application for Patients Triage Base on Criteria Based Dispatch Protocol

Sutham

Khuwuthyakorn

Thinnukool

2020

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Background : Before patients are admitted into the emergency department, it is important to undertake a pre-hospital process, both in terms of treatment performance and a request for resources from an emergency unit. The existing system to triage patients in Thailand is not functioning to its full capacity in either the primary medical system or pre-hospital treatment with shortcomings in the areas of speed, features, and appropriate systems. There is a high possibility of issuing a false Initial Dispatch Code (IDC), which will cause the over- or under-utilisation of emergency resources, such as rescue teams, community hospitals and emergency medical volunteers. Methods : A usability system design, together with a reliability test, was applied to develop an application to optimise the pre-hospital process, specifically to sort patients, using an IDC to improve the request for emergency resources. The triage mobile application was developed on both iOS and Android operating systems to support patient triage based on Criteria Based Dispatch (CBD). The 25 main symptom categories covered by CBD were used to design and develop the application, and 12 emergency medical staff, including doctors and nurses, were asked to test the system in the aspects of triage protocol correction, triage reliability, usability and user satisfaction. Results : The results of testing the proposed triage application were compared with the time used to triage by experienced staff and it was found that, in non-trauma cases, it was faster and more effective to use the application for emergency operations and to correct the IDC code representation. Conclusions : The triage application will be utilised to support the pre-hospital process and to classify patients’ conditions before they are admitted to the Emergency Department (ED). The application is suitable for users who are not medical emergency staff. Patients with non-trauma symptoms may be a suitable group to use the application in terms of time used to identify IDC for their own symptoms. The use of the application can be beneficial for those who wish to self-identify their symptoms before requesting medical services.

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Thailand Medical Mobile Application for Patients Triage Base on Criteria Based Dispatch Protocol

Sutham

Khuwuthyakorn

Thinnukool

2020

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“…The CBD protocol questions patients via interview as a rapid identification tool for patient status. This allows patients to be identified as unstable or "sick" [34]. Five color codes are used to identify the status of patients requesting pre-hospital resources.…”

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Thailand Medical Mobile Application for Patients Triage Base on Criteria Based Dispatch Protocol

Sutham

Khuwuthyakorn

Thinnukool

2020

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Background : Before admitting patients into the emergency department, the pre-hospital process is important both in terms of treatment performance and requesting resources from an emergency unit. The existing system to triage patients in Thailand is not functioning optimally in either the primary medical system or pre-hospital treatment. Areas that contain shortcomings include speed, features, and appropriate systems. There is a high possibility of misrepresenting false Initial Dispatch Code (IDC) which causes over or under utilizing emergency resources, such as rescue teams, community hospitals and emergency medical volunteers. Methods : In the application development, usability system design has been applied together with system reliability test, to optimize the pre-hospital processes specifically to sort patients by using IDC improving request for emergency resources. The development of a triage mobile application has been conducted on both iOS and Android operating systems to support patient triage based on the Criteria Based Dispatch (CBD). The 25 main symptom categories covered by CBD were used to design and develop the application, and 12 emergency medical staff including doctors and nurses were subjected to test the system in the following aspects: triage protocol correction, triage reliability, usability and user satisfaction. Results : The application development result shows the comparison between the proposed triage application and staff experience. The triage reliability test implies that the time used to triage by experienced staff, in non-trauma cases, is slower than using the application. For the usability test, the result shows that the application functions are more effective in the emergency operations and correction of IDC code representation. Conclusions : The triage application will be utilized to support the pre-hospital process and to classify patient conditions before admitting patients to the Emergency Department (ED). The application is suitable for users who are not medical emergency staff. Patients with non-trauma symptoms may be a suitable group to use the application in terms of time used to identify IDC for their own symptoms. In terms of application use, it can provide benefits to those who want to self-identify their symptoms before requesting medical services.

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“…Software development frameworks such as ICT Implementation Framework and Waterfall model inform the design and development of mHealth studies (Mehmood et al, 2017;Thinnukool et al, 2017). Additionally, the study of Ithnin et al, adopts an agile methodology for the design and development phases (Ithnin et al, 2017).…”

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Methodological Foundations of Mhealth Design Studies: A Content Analysis of Literature

Acar¹,

Yıldırım²

2019

12th IADIS International Conference Information Systems 2019

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Despite the pervasiveness of mobile devices and the number of available mobile health (mHealth) apps, a scaled nationwide mHealth solution for supporting continuous healthcare is lacking in many developing countries. Systematic reviews in mobile health field show various barriers to explain the lack of scalability and sustainability among mHealth interventions. However, little is known about the methodological soundness of mHealth app design studies. We conducted a literature review to investigate the theoretical foundations of mHealth design studies, which are essential to inform design and content of the solution. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate and classify the mHealth studies in terms of their methodological soundness for the design, development process of smartphone application (app) through content analysis.

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Pharmacy Assistant Mobile Application (PAMA): Development and Reviews

Cited by 25 publications

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Thailand Medical Mobile Application for Patients Triage Base on Criteria Based Dispatch Protocol

Thailand Medical Mobile Application for Patients Triage Base on Criteria Based Dispatch Protocol

Thailand Medical Mobile Application for Patients Triage Base on Criteria Based Dispatch Protocol

Methodological Foundations of Mhealth Design Studies: A Content Analysis of Literature

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