Effects of a computerized decision support system on care planning for pressure ulcers and malnutrition in nursing homes: An intervention study

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 82, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 911-921

  Fossum, Mariann ^a,b   Ehnfors, Margareta ^a   Svensson, Elisabeth ^a   Hansen, Linda M ^b   Ehrenberg, Anna ^c  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

^c DALARNA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Decision support system; Documentation; Intervention studies; Malnutrition; Nursing audit; Pressure ulcer

Indexed keywords

COMPREHENSIVE DOCUMENTATION; COMPUTERIZED DECISION; ELECTRONIC HEALTHCARE RECORDS; IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALNUTRITION; NON-PARAMETRIC STATISTICS; PRESSURE ULCERS;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DISEASES; EDUCATION; HOSPITALS; NURSING; NUTRITION; SYSTEM PROGRAM DOCUMENTATION;

PROGRAM DOCUMENTATION;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DECUBITUS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING HOME; NURSING INTERVENTION; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTICENTER STUDY; NORWAY; NURSING; NURSING CARE; NURSING EDUCATION; PRESSURE ULCER; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; EDUCATION, NURSING; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NORWAY; NURSING AUDIT; NURSING CARE; NURSING HOMES; NURSING RECORDS; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PRESSURE ULCER; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84887411044     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: 18728243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2013.05.009     Document Type: Article

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