Safercare: Management for clinical and surgical patient safety

Abstract

Objective: The study proposes to develop software for patient safety in health organizations. Method: The exploratory, quantitative, convenience sample consisted of 15 multidisciplinary professionals from public and private healthcare establishments with different profiles. Data were collected between April and May 2019. Subsequently requested to the same professionals that use the software. After using the software, the professionals were asked to complete the system evaluation scale using the System Usability Scale -US methodology, using the prospective technique. The data analysis was done with help Excel program and graphical presentation. For software development, the methodology used was based on the system development life cycle, based on the concept of prototyping. Result: the ease of learning presented an average score of 75.60 points. Regarding the efficiency of the software, it obtained an average of 73.81 points. The inconsistencies or emergence of operational errors were evaluated and presented a score of 80.36 points, ease of memorization presents score of 76.79 points, user satisfaction presented 75.00 points and the overall average was of 72.32 points that demonstrates that the software meets the usability requirements of the professionals Conclusion: The software met the usability criteria evaluated.