Improving patient care
through real-time
electronic data capture
with
Digital Pen & Paper
Prague, Czech Republic
September 21, 2010
Urban Fröderberg
Business Area Manager –
Healthcare
Anoto AB
Sweden
Agenda
•
Digital Pen & Paper technical overview
•
Brief demo
•
DP&P compared with other data capture methods
•
3 case reports from the healthcare sector
–
–
–
Helicopter rescue service (GE)
Midwives in Portsmouth (UK)
Anaesthetic Data Capture, Mönchengladbach (GE)
•
Pros & Cons overview
•
Conclusions
Copyright © Anoto AB
Anoto technology – The basics
The Anoto technology is based on two major components:
• The Anoto pattern
• The Anoto Digital Pen
3/23/2016
Copyright © Anoto AB
Anoto technology – The digital pen
• Pen captures 75 images per second
Bluetooth
transceiver/USB
• Registers:
- Location
- Speed of writing
- Pressure sensor
- Inclination and rotation
- Time of use
Battery
Ink Cartridge and
force sensor
• Images are used for calculating the
current coordinates
• Each coordinate is labelled with a
time stamp
• Pen can store up to 400 forms
• Data is transferred via Bluetooth or
USB
3/23/2016
Copyright © Anoto AB
Memory
Processor
Camera
Anoto technology – The global pattern
…and would
cover Europe
and Asia
Which corresponds
to 6.7 x 1020
possible
combinations…
3/23/2016
Copyright © Anoto AB
Analysis of current
technologies and
devices for mobile
data capture
Ronaldt Boldt & Jörg Raasch
University of Applied
Sciences
Hamburg, Germany
Capturing time by age group
Seconds:
Age:
600
0-22
22-30
500
31-40
41-50
400
300
200
100
0
PDA
Tablet PC
Keyboard/PC
Digital Pen & Paper
Error rates by device category
usage error
25
writing error
20
15
10
5
0
PDA
Tablet PC
keyboard / PC
Digital Pen
Effects of computer training
Seconds:
1400
1200
Digital Pen & Paper
1000
800
Keyboard/PC
Digital Pen & Paper
Keyboard/PC
600
Tablet PC
Tablet PC
400
200
PDA
PDA
0
computer science students
nurses
The use of DP&P in healthcare, three case reports
• Helicopter rescue service in Germany
• Midwives in Portsmouth, UK
• Anaesthetic data capture, Mönchengladbach, GE
ADAC helicopter rescue service in Germany
• Background
– ADACs 45 rescue helicopters conduct over 45.000 missions / year
and the need for accurate information is crucial
• Problem/need
– Rescue operations must be documented thoroughly, e.g. location,
time and patient data
ADAC helicopter rescue service in Germany
• Solution
– A digital emergency doctors log form, a digital pen and a verification
software incl. handwriting recognition
• Advantage
– 4 – 5 times faster and error-free data entry
– Paper hard copy following patient
• Next step
– The “dotforms solution” to be rolled out at all 33 ADAC rescue
centers / 45 rescue helicopters
Midwives in Portsmouth, UK
• Background
– Home care of patients is often provided by nurses and midwives
– Activities and notes were recorded on paper forms
• Problem/need
– Midwives manually filled out an 80 pages maternity visit form
– Data was re-entered back at hospital (mistyped, overlooked)
– Maternity Notes form stayed with the mother to be, should be
brought to hospital for birth (forgotten, lost)
• Solution
– Digital Pen, Maternity Notes form (with Anoto dot pattern) and
BlackBerry smartphone (Bluetooth connected)
Midwives in Portsmouth, UK
• Advantage
– Ability to: pull out previous records to check history, use GPS for
directions, message with other midwives and recive alerts
• Results
– Private patient data far more secure
– Administration time cut in half, from 98 to 48 minutes / care
episode
– Annual savings of £220.000
– More time with expected mothers
• Next steps
– Deployed to 130 midwives (done)
– Community Nursing and Accident & Emergency departments next
Anaesthetic Data Capture, Mönchengladbach, GE
• Background
– During an operation anaesthetic-related data needs to be
documented quickly and accurately
• Problem/need
– The information used to be collected manually with ballpoint pen
and paper and then entered manually into computer back end
systems for further processing
• Improvement requirement
– An option that enabled handwritten documentation to be entered
straight into the hospital computer system
Midwives in Portsmouth, UK
• ”We have freed up time to care equivalent to five full time
midwives”, the solution will ”pay for itself and begin
generating savings in the first year, in second and third
year it’s all savings.”
Richard Sargent, PHT
Anaesthetic Data Capture, Mönchengladbach, GE
• Solution
– A solution built on Digital Pen & Paper technology that allows the
documentation process to remain unchanged
– Paper original stays with the patient
• Advantage
– As soon as the anaesthetic log is filled in the data is available in
hospital computer system
Healthcare Case reports
Pros
• High quality capture
• Immediately transfers data into system
• Easy to use – same as normal pen and paper!
• Traceability: what paper–what pen–what time
• Rugged and stable technology
• Inexpensive
• Not intimidating, not disruptive
Cons
• Needs electricity (charging)
• Requires well-defined print output control
• Ink can not be erased
• Requires PC or mobile phone for data transfer
• Limited feedback
• Not an open standard
Conclusions
• Provides fast and accurate data capture
• Saves time and money
• Helps provide better care
All cases can be found on web site: www.anoto.com
Contact: urban.froderberg@anoto.com
Questions