Unintended adverse consequences of introducing electronic health records in residential aged care homes

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 82, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 772-788

  Yu, Ping ^a   Zhang, Yiting ^a   Gong, Yang ^b   Zhang, Jiajie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic health records; Implementation; Interview; Long term care; Nursing documentation; Sociotechnical approach; Unintended adverse consequences

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; IMPLEMENTATION; INTERVIEW; LONG TERM CARE; NURSING DOCUMENTATION; SOCIO-TECHNICAL APPROACH; UNINTENDED ADVERSE CONSEQUENCES;

COMMUNICATION; HOUSING; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; NURSING;

RECORDS MANAGEMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTERIZED PROVIDER ORDER ENTRY; DECISION MAKING; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; NURSING STAFF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESIDENTIAL AGED CARE HOME; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

EID: 84881377292     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: 18728243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2013.05.008     Document Type: Article

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