What patients' problems do nurses e-chart? Longitudinal study to evaluate the usability of an interface terminology

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1698-1710

  Juvé Udina, Maria Eulàlia ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

Author keywords

ATIC terminology; Controlled vocabularies; Electronic health records; Interface terminology; Nursing diagnosis; Usability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATIC TERMINOLOGY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONTROLLED VOCABULARIES; DISEASES; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HUMAN; INTERFACE TERMINOLOGY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING DIAGNOSIS; USABILITY;

ATIC TERMINOLOGY; CONTROLLED VOCABULARIES; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; INTERFACE TERMINOLOGY; NURSING DIAGNOSIS; USABILITY;

DISEASE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; NURSING RECORDS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84886088416     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2013.04.008     Document Type: Article

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