Journal
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL INFORMATICS ASSOCIATION
Volume 23, Issue 6, Pages 1185-1189Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/jamia/ocv208
Keywords
sepsis; data collection; prevalence; wales; computers; handheld
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- Cardiff University Department of Anaesthetics, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine
- Welsh Intensive Care Society
- Cardiff University Research Society
- UK Sepsis Trust
- National Institute for Social Care and Health Research
- Cwm Taf University Health Board
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Objective To develop a secure, efficient, and easy-to-use data collection platform to measure the prevalence of sepsis in Wales over 24 hours. Materials and Methods Open Data Kit was used on Android devices with Google App Engine and a digital data collection form. Results A total of 184 students participated in the study using 59 devices across 16 hospitals, 1198 datasets were submitted, and 97% of participants found the Open Data Kit form easy to use. Discussion We successfully demonstrated that by combining a reliable Android device, a free open-source data collection framework, a scalable cloud-based server, and a team of 184 medical students, we can deliver a low-cost, highly reliable platform that requires little training or maintenance, providing results immediately on completion of data collection. Conclusion Our platform allowed us to measure, for the first time, the prevalence of sepsis in Wales over 24 hours.
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