Electronic Health Record Use in Swiss Nursing Homes and Its Association With Implicit Rationing of Nursing Care Documentation: Multicenter Cross-sectional Survey Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Nursing homes (NHs) are increasingly implementing electronic health records (EHRs); however, little information is available on EHR use in NH settings. It remains unclear how care workers perceive its safety, quality, and efficiency, and whether EHR use might ease the burden of documentation, thereby reducing its implicit rationing.

Objective

This study aims to describe nurses' perceptions regarding the usefulness of the EHR system and whether sufficient numbers of computers are available in Swiss NHs, and to explore the system's association with implicit rationing of nursing care documentation.

Methods

This was a multicenter cross-sectional study using survey data from the Swiss Nursing Homes Human Resources Project 2018. It includes a convenience sample o

SUBMITTER: Ausserhofer D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7967228 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature