Nurse Informaticians Report Low Satisfaction and Multi-level Concerns with Electronic Health Records: Results from an International Survey.
Year: 2016
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: This study presents a qualitative content analysis of nurses' satisfaction and issues with current electronic health record (EHR) systems, as reflected in one of the largest international surveys of nursing informatics. Study participants from 45 countries (n=469) ranked their satisfaction with the current state of nursing functionality in EHRs as relatively low. Two-thirds of the participants (n=283) provided disconcerting comments when explaining their low satisfaction rankings. More than one half of the comments identified issues at the system level (e.g., poor system usability; non-integrated systems and poor interoperability; lack of standards; and limited functionality/missing components), followed by user-task issues (e.g., failure of systems to meet nursing clinical needs; non nursing-specific systems) and environment issues (e.g., low prevalence of EHRs; lack of user training). The study results call for the attention of international stakeholders (educators, managers, policy makers) to improve the current issues with EHRs from a nursing perspective.
Source: PubMed Central
Authors: Maxim Topaz, Charlene Ronquillo, Laura-Maria Peltonen, Lisiane Pruinelli, Raymond Francis Sarmiento, Martha K Badger, Samira Ali, Adrienne Lewis, Mattias Georgsson, Eunjoo Jeon, Jude L Tayaben, Chiu-Hsiang Kuo, Tasneem Islam, Janine Sommer, Hyunggu Jung, Gabrielle Jacklin Eler, Dari Alhuwail, Ying-Li Lee
Institutions: Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard University, University of British Columbia, University of the West of England, University of Turku, Turku University Hospital, University of Minnesota, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, Carlow University, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Seoul National University, Benguet State University, Tzu Chi University, Deakin University, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, University of Washington, Instituto Federal do Paraná, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, National Yang Ming University
Language: English
Subfield: Health Information Management
Field: Health Professions
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2620704652