| Creators: |
Clarke, Lauren and Holl, Felix and Raffort Meng, Thomas and Serres, Elvire and Orfao, Goncalo and Simoes, Joana |
| Title: |
Deploying the Red Cross Red Crescent Health Information System (RCHIS): A Pilot with the Portuguese Red Cross in a Red Cross Emergency Clinic (RCEC) Equivalent to a Type 1 Fixed Clinic |
| Item Type: |
Article or issue of a publication series |
| Event Title: |
WHO 5th Emergency Medical Teams Global Meeting (EMT) |
| Event Location: |
Yerevan, Armenia |
| Event Dates: |
October, 5-7, 2022 |
| Projects: |
DigiHealth |
| Journal or Series Title: |
Prehospital and Disaster Medicine : PDM |
| Page Range: |
s75 |
| Date: |
2022 |
| Divisions: |
Gesundheitsmanagement |
| Abstract (ENG): |
Background/Introduction:
RCHIS is an Electronic Medical Record (EMR) and Health Information System (HIS) that has been purpose built for use by Red Cross Red Crescent (RCRC) Emergency Response Units (ERUs), which are the equivalent of Type 1 (fixed and mobile) and Type 2 facilities
in the Emergency Medical Teams (EMT) classification.
Objectives: To share the main lessons learned from the pilot to inform development and implementation of similar systems in other EMTs.
Method/Description: A three-day, in-person super user training
was held with 13 participants: nine first aid volunteers, two
nurses, and two medical doctors; seven delegates had experience
using an EMR. These super users served as trainers for staff
at the pilot.
The pilot occurred with the Portuguese Red Cross (PRC) for
the Peregrinação de Fátima, where 200,000 people were in
attendance. The PRC was part of a wider coordination cell with
the civil defense authority, who required live reporting from the
three clinics PRC had set up.
Results/Outcomes: 77 user accounts and 243 patient files were
created during the four-day pilot.
The delegates shared feedback directly and through a survey.
88% stated that RCHIS was very easy to use with the majority of
delegates requiring less than 30 minutes of training. 95%
of delegates stated that they had sufficient training to use
RCHIS to its full extent.
The civil defense authority was able to utilize the real-time
reporting to assist in their operational response.
Conclusion: The first RCHIS pilot was very successful from
both a technical and organizational perspective. |
| Forthcoming: |
No |
| Language: |
English |
| Link eMedia: |
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| Citation: |
Clarke, Lauren and Holl, Felix and Raffort Meng, Thomas and Serres, Elvire and Orfao, Goncalo and Simoes, Joana
(2022)
Deploying the Red Cross Red Crescent Health Information System (RCHIS): A Pilot with the Portuguese Red Cross in a Red Cross Emergency Clinic (RCEC) Equivalent to a Type 1 Fixed Clinic.
Prehospital and Disaster Medicine : PDM, 37 (Suppl2).
s75.
ISSN 1049-023X
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