Designing and evaluating an electronic patient falls reporting system: Perspectives for the implementation of health information technology in long-term residential care facilities

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Mei, Yi You ^a   Marquard, Jenna ^a   Jacelon, Cynthia ^b,c   DeFeo, Audrey L ^c  

^a University of Massachusetts   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c Jewish Geriatric Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Assisted living; Electronic medical record; Health information technology; Nursing home; Patient falls; Technology adoption; Usability

Indexed keywords

ASSISTED LIVING; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT FALLS; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; USABILITY;

COSTS; HEALTH; HOUSING; INVESTMENTS; MEDICAL COMPUTING;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FALLING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITIES AND SERVICES; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

ASSISTED LIVING; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; NURSING HOME; PATIENT FALLS; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; USABILITY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MASSACHUSETTS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES;

EID: 84886778467     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: 18728243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2011.03.008     Document Type: Article

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