Implementing Best Practices to Redesign Workflow and Optimize Nursing Documentation in the Electronic Health Record.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Documentation burden associated with electronic health records (EHR) is well documented in the literature. Usability and functionality of the EHR are considered fragmented and disorganized making it difficult to synthesize clinical information. Few best practices are reported in the literature to support streamlining the configuration of documentation fields to align clinical workflow with EHR data entry elements.

Objective

The primary objective was to improve performance, reduce duplication, and remove nonvalue-added tasks by redesigning the patient assessment template in the EHR using best practice approaches.

Methods

A quality improvement approach and pre-/postdesign was used to implement and evaluate best approaches to redesign standardized flowsheet do

SUBMITTER: Lindsay MR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9300261 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature