Does an integrated emergency department information system change the sequence of clinical work? A mixed-method cross-site study

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 83, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 958-966

  Callen, Joanne ^a   Li, Ling ^a   Georgiou, Andrew ^a   Paoloni, Richard ^b   Gibson, Kathryn ^c   Li, Julie ^a   Stewart, Michael ^a   Braithwaite, Jeffrey ^a   Westbrook, Johanna I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b ANZAC Research Institute   (Australia)

^c LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Emergency care information systems; Evaluation studies; Hospital information systems; Information seeking behaviour; Medical history taking

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY ROOMS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION USE; MEDICAL COMPUTING; NURSING;

EMERGENCY CARE; EVALUATION STUDY; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOURS; MEDICAL HISTORY;

MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PATHWAY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; NURSE ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; NURSE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; STANDARDS; UTILIZATION; WORKFLOW;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; NURSES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERCEPTION; PHYSICIANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; WORKFLOW;

EID: 84919336674     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: 18728243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2014.08.010     Document Type: Article

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