A One-Click Paging System in the ED via the Internet.
- Author:
Hyo Yong AHN
1
;
Sung Koo JUNG
;
Myung Chun KIM
;
Young Gwan KO
Author Information
1. Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Korea. erzzang66@harmail.net
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Internet;
Telecommunication;
Emergency medical service system
- MeSH:
Animals;
Emergencies;
Emergency Medical Services;
Humans;
Internet*;
Mice;
Microcomputers;
Modems;
Telecommunications
- From:Journal of the Korean Society of Emergency Medicine
2000;11(2):170-175
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
BACKGROUND: The time lag and the difficulty associated with calling clinicians of other departments are major concern in the emergency department(ED). We tried to design a new paging system which was faster, easier, and more accurate. METHOD: We made a web page comprised of paging numbers and then connected a personal computer in the ED to the internet through a dial-up modem, via a web-paging service, and could page persons wearing public pagers. RESULTS: We found that using the internet for paging was faster and more accurate than the hand-operated way. Calls were placed via the internet with only one click of the mouse. CONCLUSION: The One-click paging system is useful for hospital telecommunication. In this way, the internet can be applied to the entire emergency medical service system.
