The influence of integrated electronic medical records and computerized nursing notes on nurses' time spent in documentation

CIN - Computers Informatics Nursing

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 287-292

  Yee, Tracy ^a   Needleman, Jack ^b   Pearson, Marjorie ^c   Parkerton, Patricia ^b,d   Parkerton, Melissa ^b,d   Wolstein, Joelle ^b  

^a CENTER FOR STUDYING HEALTH SYSTEM CHANGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^d Oregon Patient Safety Commission   (United States)

Author keywords

Documentation; Electronic medical records; Nursing; Time study data

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; NURSING PROCESS; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HUMANS; NURSING PROCESS; NURSING RECORDS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES;

EID: 84862836542     PISSN: 15382931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NXN.0b013e31824af835     Document Type: Article

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