Evaluation of the Documentation Capabilities of the Navy's Field Medical DataCollection Prototype Device (MEDTAG)

摘要

The menu items in the Medical Data Tag (MEDTAG), an automated medical datadocumentation system, were assessed to verify their comprehensiveness in the variety of injuries, illnesses, treatments, and other related information that can be encountered and documented in the battlefield. The menu items were compared to items from 13 sources of battlefield and trauma information. The source items were categorized by how well the MEDTAG could document them and were then reviewed and verified by staff members of the Field Medical Service School. The findings show that 93% of the source items could be documented by the MEDTAG, which suggests that the menu items are quite comprehensive. Most of the items that could not be documented fall into the category of Patient Conditions. A new MEDTAG prototype is under development that will have increased memory expansion, which will allow for many menu item additions, especially in the Patient Conditions area.