Journal of Advanced Practices in Nursing

United States

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  Analysis of Communication in the Electronic Medical Record: Communication of the Patient Story across the Continuum of Care
  Author(s): Kaying Vang
  
  The electronic health record (EHR) and problem list are tools used to communicate the patient’s medical story. The increase adoption of the EHR has been recognized to improve the quality and efficiency of patient care. However, emerging reports of unrecognized implications have been found to be associated with EHR implementation and its functionality. These implications have been found to affect the quality, safety, and efficiency of patient care. The primary purpose of this project was to retrospectively assess the electronically written communication by following the EHR problem list as the patient progresses through each level of care during an inpatient stay starting in the Intensive care unit (ICU). The secondary purpose of the project was to identify potential EHR tools that may improve the utilization and maintenance of the problem list. The.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.37421/2573-0347.2021.6.203

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