Open AccessAcute care nurses’ perceptions of electronic health record use: A mixed method study
Author(s) -
Strudwick Gillian,
McGillis Hall Linda,
Nagle Lynn,
Trbovich Patricia
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
nursing open
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.55
H-Index - 12
ISSN - 2054-1058
DOI - 10.1002/nop2.157
Subject(s) - workload , electronic health record , documentation , nursing , data collection , focus group , perception , health care , phase (matter) , medicine , psychology , medical emergency , family medicine , computer science , business , statistics , chemistry , mathematics , organic chemistry , marketing , neuroscience , economics , programming language , economic growth , operating system
Aim The overall aim of this study is to examine nurses’ perceptions of electronic health record use in an acute care hospital setting. Design This study uses a sequential mixed methods design in two phases. Methods Phase one consists of a survey of Registered Nurses to understand nurses’ perceptions of electronic health record use. Phase two is comprised of focus groups of a subsample from phase one. Data collection occurred from November 2015 ‐ August 2016 and was done in Toronto, Canada. Results In phase one, navigation was found to be a predictor of nurses’ perceptions of electronic health record use. In phase two, participants discussed the following five topics: (1) navigation; (2) functionality; (3) organizational standards; (4) documentation workload and (5) issues of system performance and response time. This study has implications for organizations implementing electronic health records, nursing leaders and electronic health record vendors.