The contribution of electronic health records to risk management through accreditation of residential aged care homes in Australia.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:The Australian government has implemented a compulsory aged care accreditation system to guide and monitor the risk management approach in registered residential aged care (RAC) homes. This research assessed the contribution of electronic health records (EHR) to risk management in RAC homes in relation to the extent that aged care accreditation fulfils its role. METHODS:A convenience sample of 5560 aged care accreditation reports published from 2011 to 2018 was manually downloaded from the Accreditation Agency web site. A mixed-method approach of text data mining and manual content analysis was used to identify any significant differences in failure to meet accreditation outcomes among the RAC homes. This took account of whether EHR or paper records were used, year of accreditat

SUBMITTER: Yu P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7082951 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature