The impact of an electronic nursing documentation system on efficiency of documentation by caregivers in a residential aged care facility

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 19-20, 2012, Pages 2940-2948

  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; Nurse; Residential aged care facility

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAREGIVER; COHORT ANALYSIS; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

AGED; AUSTRALIA; CAREGIVERS; COHORT STUDIES; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; NURSING RECORDS;

EID: 84866483221     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2012.04157.x     Document Type: Article

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