Use of a human factors approach to uncover informatics needs of nurses in documentation of care

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1068-1074

  Rogers, Michelle L ^a   Sockolow, Paulina S ^a   Bowles, Kathryn H ^b   Hand, Kristin E ^b   George, Jessie ^c  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic health records; Health information technology; Information systems; Nursing informatics; User computer interface; Workflow

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES; NURSING INFORMATICS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACES; WORKFLOW;

HOSPITALS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MEDICAL COMPUTING; RECORDS MANAGEMENT;

NURSING;

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER INTERFACE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HUMAN; HUMAN FACTORS RESEARCH; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; NURSE; NURSING CARE; NURSING INFORMATION SYSTEM; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; NURSING INFORMATICS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; WORKFLOW;

DOCUMENTATION; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; NURSING RECORDS;

EID: 84886771786     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: 18728243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2013.08.007     Document Type: Article

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