Comparison between “Rokprachamtua Khong Chan (My Underlying Diseases)” Web Application and Human-based Conventional Method to Stratify Military Personnel’s Health Status and Report Results Effectively
Keywords:
Web application, Stratification, Checkup results, Effectiveness, Military personnelAbstract
Background: Fort Nawamintharachini hospital developed the “5 colors ball tool” innovation to promote health concerns among military personnel after health checkups. However, this process resulted in time consumption, a high misdiagnosis rate, resource waste, expenses, and healthcare worker burnout. Consequently, a web application was developed to automate health checkup stratification and reporting.
Objective: The aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of the “Rokprachamtua Khong Chan” web application in stratifying and reporting health results compared to human based conventional method.
Methods: This is an observational study which sampled 130 checkup results from 2,285 health results of military personnel who underwent medical checkups with Fort Nawamintharachini Hospital in 2023. The study compared misdiagnosis rate of web application with human-based process by using the same health results and stratified by specialist as a gold standard. Furthermore, the study also measured the time to report heath results.
Results: 2,285 checkup results were stratified into the following groups: green group 510 (22.32%), yellow group 482 (21.09%), orange group 759 (33.22%), pink group 232 (10.15%), and red group 302 (13.22%). The misdiagnosis rate of web application was lower than
human-based conventional method which were 5.38% and 10.77% respectively (p=0.05). The web application reduced the time it took to stratify and report results from three months to seven days.
Conclusion: The “Rokprachamtua Khong Chan” web application is a useful tool that utilizes computer-based processing and technology to stratify the health status of military personnel. The application offers several advantages, including preventing human error, shortening the time required to report health results, and streamlining the process.
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