Why patient summaries in electronic health records do not provide the cognitive support necessary for nurses' handoffs on medical and surgical units: Insights from interviews and observations

Health Informatics Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 209-223

  Staggers, Nancy ^a   Clark, Lauren ^b   Blaz, Jacquelyn W ^b   Kapsandoy, Seraphine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

electronic health record evaluation; handoffs; qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSE; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; RECORDING; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; COGNITION; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; TAPE RECORDING; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053068841     PISSN: 14604582     EISSN: 17412811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1460458211405809     Document Type: Article

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