Electronic Health Record Usability: Associations With Nurse and Patient Outcomes in Hospitals.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Electronic health record (EHR) usability issues represent an emerging threat to the wellbeing of nurses and patients; however, few large studies have examined these relationships.

Objective

To examine associations between EHR usability and nurse job (burnout, job dissatisfaction, and intention to leave) and surgical patient (inpatient mortality and 30-day readmission) outcomes.

Methods

A cross-sectional analysis of linked American Hospital Association, state patient discharge, and nurse survey data was conducted. The sample included 343 hospitals, 1,281,848 surgical patients, and 12,004 nurses. Logistic regression models were used to assess relationships between EHR usability and outcomes, before and after accounting for EHR adoption level (comprehensive vs

SUBMITTER: Kutney-Lee A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8187272 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature