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Visibility, ability to provide close-loop feedback, and a digital trail of all decisions and responsible clinicians are key features of ETMs. An embedded ETM within an integrated electronic health record (EHR) was introduced to the Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne on April 30, 2016. The ETM is used hospital-wide for nonurgent tasks 24\u2009hours a day. It facilitates communication of nonurgent tasks between clinical staff, with an associated designated timeframe in which the task needs to be completed (2, 4, and 8\u2009hours).<\/jats:p><jats:p>\n          Objective\u2003This study aims to examine the usage of the ETM at our institution since its inception.<\/jats:p><jats:p>\n          Methods\u2003ETM usage data from the first 3 years of use (April 2016 to April 2019) were extracted from the EHR. Data collected included age of patient, date and time of task request, ward, unit, type of task, urgency of task, requestor role, and time to completion.<\/jats:p><jats:p>\n          Results\u2003A total of 136,481 tasks were placed via the ETM in the study period. There were approximately 125 tasks placed each day (24-hour period). The most common time of task placement was around 6:00 p.m. Task placement peaked at approximately 8 a.m., 2 p.m., and 9 p.m.\u2014consistent with nursing shift change times. In total, 63.16% of tasks were placed outside business hours, indicating predominant usage for after-hours task communication. The ETM was most highly utilized by surgical units. The majority of tasks were ordered by nurses for medical staff to complete (97.01%). A significant proportion (98.79%) of tasks was marked as complete on the ETM, indicating closed-loop feedback after tasks were requested.<\/jats:p><jats:p>\n          Conclusion\u2003An ETM function embedded in our EHR has been highly utilized in our institution since its introduction. It has multiple benefits for the clinician in the form of efficiencies in workflow and improvement in communication and also workflow management. By allowing collection, tracking, audit, and prioritization of tasks, it also provides a stream of actionable data for quality-improvement activities.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1055\/s-0040-1721321","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,12,17]],"date-time":"2020-12-17T01:11:29Z","timestamp":1608167489000},"page":"839-845","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["Electronic Task Management System: A Pediatric Institution's Experience"],"prefix":"10.1055","volume":"11","author":[{"given":"Daryl R.","family":"Cheng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of General Medicine, The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia"},{"name":"EMR Project Team, The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia"},{"name":"Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia"},{"name":"Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, 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