Developing and testing a computerized decision support system for nurse-to-patient assignment: A multimethod study

CIN - Computers Informatics Nursing

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 276-285

  Van Oostveen, Catharina J ^a   Braaksma, Aleida ^a,b   Vermeulen, Hester ^a,c  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c AMSTERDAM UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Computerized decision support system; Multimethod research; Nurse to patient assignment; Nursing workload; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JOB SATISFACTION; NETHERLANDS; NURSE; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WORKLOAD;

DATA COLLECTION; DECISION MAKING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; NETHERLANDS; NURSES; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; NURSING, SUPERVISORY; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84902678678     PISSN: 15382931     EISSN: 15389774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CIN.0000000000000056     Document Type: Article

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