DIHI, in partnership with The Duke Heart Center, developed an iPad app to be used to document the activities during a Code Blue. A Code Blue is a high-intensity emergency scenario in which a patient is in cardiac arrest and requires a team of clinicians to respond quickly to being efforts to rescue the patient.
Documentation previously was performed by a nurse using a code sheet and pen or pencil. The document was large and not intuitive even for the skilled staff. Since Code Blues are fast-paced and occur infrequently, clinicians are often unfamiliar with the documentation and thus items were duplicated or omitted. With the creation of the Code Blue iPad app, the teams’ goal was to create a tool that would be intuitive, easy to use and lessen any documentation issues during the Code Blue.
Corey Miller from the Heart Center and Jamie Daniel from DIHI have spent hours going over each detail and running mock scenarios through the application to prepare it for user testing and piloting. Without the expertise of the two teams this application couldn’t have been accomplished. A true collaborative project created an amazing outcome.
