Abstract
There is a high potential for mobile learning and support applications in the health domain. In this paper we introduce the CLAS App, a mobile application to support handover procedures based on the improvement of writing skills. Handover
of patient care is a time of particular risk and it is important that accurate, reliable and relevant information is clearly
communicated between one caregiver to another. Improperly conducted handovers lead to wrong treatment, delays in
medical diagnosis, life threatening adverse events, patient complaints, medical litigation, increased health care
expenditure, increased hospital length of stay and a range of other effects that impact on the health system. The CLAS
App helps standardise and improve handover communication between hospital and community healthcare.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages | 38-45 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Publication status | Published - 19 Dec 2012 |
| Event | 11th World Conference on Mobile and Contextual Learning (mLearn 2012) - Helsinki, Finland Duration: 16 Oct 2012 → 18 Oct 2012 Conference number: 11 |
Conference
| Conference | 11th World Conference on Mobile and Contextual Learning (mLearn 2012) |
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| Abbreviated title | mLearn 2012 |
| Country/Territory | Finland |
| City | Helsinki |
| Period | 16/10/12 → 18/10/12 |
Keywords
- handover training
- medical education
- patient safety
- Mobile learning
- health
- standardization
- human error
- quality assurance
- communication skills
- writing skills