Total count of IPC forms = 2016 | Years | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||||
D-IPC | C-IPC | D-IPC | C-IPC | D-IPC | C-IPC | D-IPC | C-IPC | D-IPC | C-IPC | |
A. Personnel—Operational Costs (€) | ||||||||||
A-1. IPC preparation and patient assignment by technicians or support staff | 4233.6 | 4233.6 | 4233.6 | 4233.6 | 4233.6 | 4233.6 | 4233.6 | 4233.6 | 4233.6 | 4233.6 |
A-2. Manually archiving IPC forms by technicians or support staff | 0 | 4233.6 | 0 | 4233.6 | 0 | 4233.6 | 0 | 4233.6 | 0 | 4233.6 |
A-3. Estimated time effort of physicians to complete IPC process | 6048 | 6048 | 6048 | 6048 | 6048 | 6048 | 6048 | 6048 | 6048 | 6048 |
A-4. Costs of wrong archival storage and retrieval efforts | 0 | 84.7 | 0 | 84.7 | 0 | 84.7 | 0 | 84.7 | 0 | 84.7 |
B. IT service—operational costs (€) | ||||||||||
B-1. Installation process (server software) | 7500 | 2000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
B-2. Installation process (tablet device) | 1080 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
B-3. Maintenance and Support Services | 3168 | 0 | 3168 | 0 | 3168 | 0 | 3168 | 0 | 3168 | 0 |
B-4. Network/Hosting Services | 243 | 243 | 243 | 243 | 243 | 243 | 243 | 243 | 243 | 243 |
B-5. Costs per analog questionnaire (50 cents) | 0 | 1008 | 1008 | 0 | 1008 | 0 | 1008 | 0 | 1008 | |
B-6. Cost per digital questionnaire (40 cents) and digital signature (20 cents) | 1209 | 0 | 1209 | 0 | 1209 | 0 | 1209 | 0 | 1209 | 0 |
C. Hardware—operational costs (€) | ||||||||||
C-1. Physician tablet (n = 2) | 1600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
C-2. Patients tablet (n = 10) | 4000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
C-3. Energy costs tablets | 63.6 | 63.6 | 63.6 | 63.6 | 0 | 63.6 | 0 | |||
C-4. Paper costs | 0 | 40.32 | 0 | 40.32 | 0 | 40.32 | 0 | 40.32 | 0 | 40.32 |
C-5. Printing costs | 0 | 282.24 | 0 | 282.24 | 0 | 282.24 | 0 | 282.24 | 0 | 282.24 |
D. others—operational costs (€) | ||||||||||
D-1. Disposal of informed patient consent documentation (after 30 years) | 0 | n/a | 0 | n/a | 0 | n/a | 0 | n/a | 0 | n/a |
E. Quality improvement of patient care | ||||||||||
E-1. High availability and readability of patient information in each workplace | ++ | − | ++ | − | ++ | − | ++ | − | ++ | − |
E-2. Pre-filled questionnaire forms for recurrent CT examinations | ++ | − | ++ | − | ++ | − | ++ | − | ++ | − |
E-3. Structured access and evaluation to red flag questions for potential contraindications | ++ | − | ++ | − | ++ | − | ++ | − | ++ | − |
E-4. Ease of use for patients with reduced digital literacy | − | + | − | + | − | + | − | + | − | + |
Total costs per annum (€) | 29145.2 | 17971.5 | 14965.2 | 15971.5 | 14965.2 | 15971.5 | 14965.2 | 15971.5 | 14965.2 | 15971.5 |
Total costs (€) (5 years) | |
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Digitized informed patient consent | 89006 (+ 8.7%) |
Conventional informed patient consent | 81857.3 |