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| − | The | + | The study was able to establish three EHR usability themes: novice users, confidentiality and security, and repetition and practice. The study showed that as nursing students with no experience in EHR, they did not know where to document their patient care and where to search for the patient’s history. This led to time being spent on locating the correct areas in the EHR. Confidentiality and security occurred when the nursing students forgot to close browser windows that were left open after the nursing students logged off from the EHR program. The nursing students stated that repetition and practice with EHR would greatly enhance their ability to navigate through the EHR program. The authors discovered that although the nursing students were considered to be in the “computer age” generation, they had challenges with the use of EHR. The authors propose that curriculums about the EHR system should be offered during the nursing education to enhance all nursing students’ familiarity with navigating EHRs. |
Revision as of 02:29, 4 March 2015
The following is a review of the article, “Assessment of electronic health record usability with undergraduate nursing students " [1].
Contents
Abstract
The authors of this article understand the importance of electronic health records (EHR) in the future of health care. They noticed that although EHRs were beginning to be implemented in many major hospitals, there existed few nursing schools that had a curriculum plan that taught about the fundamentals of EHRs.
Methods
The authors conducted a study to explore the usability of EHRs with undergraduate nursing students. 13 undergraduate nursing students were included in the study. 93% of the nursing students ranked themselves as being proficient or expert computer users. The nursing students had completed four clinical placements in which they had interactions with patients in hospitals and used their documentation knowledge on paper charting to document their care. None of the nursing students had used EHRs in documenting patient care; however, they stated that they were aware of EHR.
Results
The study was able to establish three EHR usability themes: novice users, confidentiality and security, and repetition and practice. The study showed that as nursing students with no experience in EHR, they did not know where to document their patient care and where to search for the patient’s history. This led to time being spent on locating the correct areas in the EHR. Confidentiality and security occurred when the nursing students forgot to close browser windows that were left open after the nursing students logged off from the EHR program. The nursing students stated that repetition and practice with EHR would greatly enhance their ability to navigate through the EHR program. The authors discovered that although the nursing students were considered to be in the “computer age” generation, they had challenges with the use of EHR. The authors propose that curriculums about the EHR system should be offered during the nursing education to enhance all nursing students’ familiarity with navigating EHRs.
Comments
This article serves as a good guidance in teaching the importance of training staffers well when implementing CDSS. CDSS can be a powerful tool, however, when there are barriers against it, it becomes limited in its potential. Continual training on the functions of CDSS is one way to make the user experience more effective.
References
- ↑ Jones, S. & Donelle, L. (2011). Assessment of electronic health record usability with undergraduate nursing students. International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship, 8(1), 1-18.
