1. Does Utilizing the New Innovations Application
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Does Utilizing the New Innovations Application
Shortcut Increase Compliance?
Amanda Esposito MD, Danielle Biggs MD, Fred Fiesseler DO, & Brian Walsh MD
Morristown Medical Center – Atlantic Health System
Morristown, NJ
Objective
To determine if providing residents with a mandatory training session on the use of a shortcut for logging procedures on their smartphones would increase compliance with logging procedures.
Background
Logging procedures is an integral part of resident training
Logging procedures can be burdensome to residents
Providing residents with a quick way to log procedures may improve overall compliance

2. Methods
Procedure logging trends of residents in three year residency program were evaluated
n=25
Weekly procedure logging was evaluated during three intervals that occurred over 3 consecutive months
First interval
Baseline week prior to intervention
Second interval
One week following reminder on the importance of logging procedures sent from the chiefs
Third interval:
After mandatory “training session” on the smart phone shortcut
10 minute demonstration during mandatory weekly conference
Total number of procedures logged and percent of residents who logged procedures during each interval was calculated

3. Results
Baseline week
81 procedures logged by 47% (CI: 27, 67)
Reminder week
137 procedures logged by 76% (CO: 59, 96)
Training session week
115 procedures logged by 76% (CI 59, 93)
The reminder significantly increased the percent of residents logging procedures, but the mandatory training sessions did not appear to have any impact

4. Conclusion
Despite its seeming attractiveness, we found no additional benefit in procedure logging compliance with the New Innovations mobile shortcut