The Impact of Electronic Health Records on Client Safety in Aged Care Homes

被引：8

作者：

Jiang, Tao ^{[1
]}

Yu, Ping ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Wollongong, Sch Informat Syst & Technol, Hlth Informat Technol Res Ctr, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia

来源：

NURSING INFORMATICS 2014: EAST MEETS WEST ESMART+ | 2014年 / 201卷

关键词：

Electronic health records; EHR; nursing documentation; patient safety; risk; residential aged care; long term care; nursing home; IMPROVING PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY-OF-CARE; DOCUMENTATION; FACILITIES; BENEFITS; SYSTEMS; ERRORS;

D O I：

10.3233/978-1-61499-415-2-116

中图分类号：

TP [自动化技术、计算机技术];

学科分类号：

0812 ;

摘要：

This study collects and critically reviews the published literature to synthesize the risk factors for client safety in residential aged care and the potential contributions of electronic health records to reducing these risks. Three major types of risk factors for client safety were identified: risk factors related to the person's health; those related to the health and aged care system serving the person and those related to human error. Multiple strategies at all levels of an aged care organization are needed to reduce risks and improve client safety. Electronic health records can be one of the effective organizational mechanisms because it improves access to better information and integrates intelligent functions to support point-of-care decision making.

引用

页码：116 / 123

页数：8

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