Factors influencing the quality of vital sign data in electronic health records: A qualitative study

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 27, Issue 5-6, 2018, Pages 1276-1286

  Stevenson, Jean E ^a,b   Israelsson, Johan ^b,c,d   Petersson, Goran ^b   Bath, Peter A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KALMAR COUNTY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

electronic health records; patient safety; qualitative study; vital signs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MONITORING; NURSE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STAFF; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; VITAL SIGN; DOCUMENTATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD SYSTEM; NURSING; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; PROCEDURES;

DOCUMENTATION; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; VITAL SIGNS;

EID: 85044258923     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jocn.14174     Document Type: Article

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