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Nurses in Australian acute care settings: experiences with and outcomes of e-health. An integrative review.

International Journal of Management and Information Technology

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Title Nurses in Australian acute care settings: experiences with and outcomes of e-health. An integrative review.
 
Creator Mills, Jane
Chamberlain-Salaun, Jennifer
Henry, Renee
Sando, Jenny
Summers, Glynda
 
Subject nursing
Nursing; electronic medical record; informatics; hospital information systems; health information technology
 
Description The World Health Organization (WHO) defines e-health as the “use of information and communication technology for health” [1]. The use of e-health, including electronic medical records (EMR), is a growing trend. This integrative review of the literature examines nurses’ experiences of e-health in Australian acute care settings. A search of the literature identified 21 papers for inclusion in this review. Two discernable themes in the literature are apparent. Research to date largely focuses on nurses’ experiences of e-health, including its usefulness in their work. Findings indicate that nurses’ attitudes to e-health and computer usage are positive, however there are indications that nurses currently using e-health in practice are often dissatisfied with the implementation of new e-health systems in their workplace and that there are a number of barriers to its successful implementation. Secondly, a discernable gap in the literature regarding the impact of e-health, and in particular EMRs, on nursing outcomes is identified with research to date limited to findings related to nursing documentation and multi-disciplinary discharge planning. Future research that considers nurses’ experiences in implementing e-health and applies focused strategies across a range of health settings, both in Australia and around the world, can influence successful adoption and implementation of e-health.
 
Publisher CIRWORLD
 
Date 2008-04-30
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
Integrative review
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://cirworld.com/index.php/ijmit/article/view/1384
 
Source INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; Vol 3 No 1; 01-08
2278-5612
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://cirworld.com/index.php/ijmit/article/view/1384/1349
 
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