Examining the role of information exchange in residential aged care work practices--a survey of residential aged care facilities.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The provision of residential aged care is underpinned by information, and is reliant upon systems that adequately capture and effectively utilise and communicate this information. The aim of this study was to explicate and quantify the volume and method by which information is collected, exchanged within facilities and with external providers, and retrieved from facility information systems and hospitals.

Methods

A survey of staff (n = 119), including managers, health informatics officers (HIOs), quality improvement staff, registered nurses (RNs), enrolled nurses (ENs)/endorsed enrolled nurses (EENs) and assistants in nursing (AINs) was carried out in four residential aged care facilities in New South Wales and Victoria, Australia. Sites varied in size and display

SUBMITTER: Gaskin S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3463451 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature