The Use of Bedside Electronic Medical Record to Improve Quality of Care in Nursing Facilities
Autor: | Jill Scott-Cawiezell, Marcia Flesner, Marilyn Rantz, Leslie Greenwald, Greg Alexander, Colleen Galambos, Amy Vogelsmeier, Mary Zwygart-Stauffacher, Lanis L. Hicks |
---|---|
Rok vydání: | 2011 |
Předmět: |
Nursing (miscellaneous)
business.industry Medical record Electronic medical record MEDLINE Health Informatics Plan (drawing) Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services U.S United States Nursing Homes Qualitative analysis Nursing Health care Electronic Health Records Medicine Quality of care business Care staff Quality of Health Care |
Zdroj: | CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing. 29:149-156 |
ISSN: | 1538-2931 |
Popis: | It appears that the implementation and use of a bedside electronic medical record in nursing homes can be a strategy to improve quality of care. Staff like using the bedside electronic medical record and believe it is beneficial. Information gleaned from this qualitative evaluation of four nursing homes that implemented complete electronic medical records and participated in a larger evaluation of the use of an electronic medical record will be useful to other nursing homes as they consider implementing bedside computing technology. Nursing home owners and administrators must be prepared to undertake a major change requiring many months of planning to successfully implement. Direct care staff will need support as they learn to use the equipment, especially for the first 6 to 12 months after implementation. There should be a careful plan for continuing education opportunities so that staff learn to properly use the software and can benefit from the technology. After 12 to 24 months, almost no one wants to return to the era of paper charting. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
Externí odkaz: |