Acute care nurses' perceptions of electronic health record use: A mixed method study. Issue 4 (7th May 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Strudwick, Gillian; McGillis Hall, Linda; Nagle, Lynn; Trbovich, Patricia
• Is Part Of: Nursing open. Volume 5:Issue 4(2018)
• Page Start: 491
• Page End: 500
• Publication Date: 2018-05-07
• Subjects: acute care -- health services research -- information technology -- medical nursing -- surgical nursing; 610.73
• DOI: 10.1002/nop2.157
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2054-1058

Abstract

Abstract: Aim: The overall aim of this study is to examine nurses' perceptions of electronic health record use in an acute care hospital setting. Design: This study uses a sequential mixed methods design in two phases. Methods: Phase one consists of a survey of Registered Nurses to understand nurses' perceptions of electronic health record use. Phase two is comprised of focus groups of a subsample from phase one. Data collection occurred from November 2015 ‐ August 2016 and was done in Toronto, Canada. Results: In phase one, navigation was found to be a predictor of nurses' perceptions of electronic health record use. In phase two, participants discussed the following five topics: (1) navigation; (2) functionality; (3) organizational standards; (4) documentation workload and (5) issues of system performance and response time. This study has implications for organizations implementing electronic health records, nursing leaders and electronic health record vendors.