Does the introduction of an electronic nursing documentation system in a nursing home reduce time on documentation for the nursing staff?

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 80, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 782-792

  Munyisia, Esther N ^a   Yu, Ping ^a   Hailey, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Documentation; Efficiency; Electronic health record; Electronic nursing documentation; Long term care; Longitudinal study; Nurse; Nursing home; Observation

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; ELECTRONIC NURSING DOCUMENTATION; LONG-TERM CARE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NURSE; NURSING HOME; OBSERVATION;

ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING; HOSPITALS; RECORDS MANAGEMENT; SAMPLING;

NURSING;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; NURSING CARE; NURSING HOME; NURSING STAFF; PAPER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; INTERNET; NEW SOUTH WALES; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING HOMES; NURSING RECORDS; NURSING STAFF; TIME MANAGEMENT;

EID: 80054862047     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: 18728243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2011.08.009     Document Type: Article

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