An electronic fall prevention toolkit: Effect on documentation quality

Nursing Research

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 309-313

  Carroll, Diane L ^a   Dykes, Patricia C ^b   Hurley, Ann C ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

documentation; fall prevention; health information technology

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DOCUMENTATION; FALLING; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT EDUCATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DECISION MAKING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DOCUMENTATION; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; NEW ENGLAND; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84863310235     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NNR.0b013e31825569de     Document Type: Review

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