Impact of Home Care Admission Nurses' Goals on Electronic Health Record Documentation Strategies at the Point of Care

• Published in: Computers, informatics, nursing Vol. 37; no. 1; p. 39
• Main Authors: Yang, Yushi, Bass, Ellen J, Bowles, Kathryn H, Sockolow, Paulina S
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.01.2019
• Subjects: Adult; Data Accuracy; Documentation - standards; Electronic Health Records - standards; Female; Goals; Home Care Agencies; Home Health Nursing - methods; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Point-of-Care Systems

Home care nurses have multiple goals at the patient admission visit. Electronic health records support some of these goals, including high-quality documentation, but nurses may not complete the electronic documentation at the point of care. To characterize admission nurses' practices at the poi...