Impact of heath information technology on the quality of patient care

Online Journal of Nursing Informatics

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 1-

  Hessels, Amanda ^a,b   Flynn, Linda ^c   Cimiotti, Jeannie P ^d   Bakken, Suzanne ^a   Gershon, Robyn ^e,f,g  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b Meridian Health   (United States)

^c Department of Psychology   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse patient events; Electronic health records; Health information technology; Nursing practice environment; Patient safety; Patient satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; LEAST SQUARE ANALYSIS; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MODEL; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NURSING PRACTICE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF NURSING CARE; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84994236428     PISSN: 10899758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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