Caregivers' time utilization before and after the introduction of an electronic nursing documentation system in a residential aged care facility

Methods of Information in Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 403-410

  Munyisia, E N ^a   Yu, P ^a   Hailey, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electronic health record; Electronic nursing documentation; Impact; Nurse; Nursing home; Residential aged care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAREGIVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOCUMENTATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ELECTRONIC NURSING DOCUMENTATION; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; IMPACT; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; NURSE; NURSING HOME; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESIDENTIAL AGED CARE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; TIME MANAGEMENT;

ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; ELECTRONIC NURSING DOCUMENTATION; IMPACT; NURSE; NURSING HOME; RESIDENTIAL AGED CARE;

AGED; AUSTRALIA; CAREGIVERS; DOCUMENTATION; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; NURSING HOMES; NURSING RECORDS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TIME MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84886470454     PISSN: 00261270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3414/ME12-01-0024     Document Type: Article

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