Recording signs of deterioration in acute patients: The documentation of vital signs within electronic health records in patients who suffered in-hospital cardiac arrest

Health Informatics Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 21-33

  Stevenson, Jean E ^a,b   Israelsson, Johan ^c   Nilsson, Gunilla C ^b   Petersson, Göran I ^b   Bath, Peter A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KALMAR COUNTY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

clinical decision making; electronic health records; in hospital cardiac arrest; track and trigger systems

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; DOCUMENTATION; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; VITAL SIGN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DOCUMENTATION; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VITAL SIGNS;

EID: 84955322777     PISSN: 14604582     EISSN: 17412811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1460458214530136     Document Type: Article

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