Can Electronic Tools Help Improve Nursing Home Quality?
Joint Authors
Krüger, Kjell
Geitung, Jonn-Terje
Strand, Line
Eide, Geir Egil
Grimsmo, Anders
Source
Issue
Vol. 2011, Issue 2011 (31 Dec. 2011), pp.1-8, 8 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2011-10-10
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Background.
Nursing homes face challenges in the coming years due to the increased number of elderly.
Quality will be under pressure, expectations of the services will rise, and clinical complexity will grow.
New strategies are needed to meet this situation.
Modern clinical information systems with decision support may be part of that.
Objectives.
To study the impact of introducing an electronic patient record system with decision support on the use of warfarin, neuroleptics and weighing of patients, in nursing homes.
Methods.
A prevalence study was performed in seven nursing homes with 513 subjects.
A before-after study with internal controls was performed.
Results.
The prevalence of atrial fibrillation in the seven nursing homes was 18.8%.
After intervention, the proportion of all patients taking warfarin increased from 3.0% to 9.8% (P=0.0086), neuroleptics decreased from 33.0% to 21.5% (P=0.0121), and the proportion not weighed decreased from 72.6% to 16.0% (P<0.0001).
The internal controls did not change significantly.
Conclusion.
Statistics and management data can be continuously produced to monitor the quality of work processes.
The electronic health record system and its system for decision support can improve drug therapy and monitoring of treatment policy.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Krüger, Kjell& Strand, Line& Geitung, Jonn-Terje& Eide, Geir Egil& Grimsmo, Anders. 2011. Can Electronic Tools Help Improve Nursing Home Quality?. ISRN Nursing،Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-8.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Krüger, Kjell…[et al.]. Can Electronic Tools Help Improve Nursing Home Quality?. ISRN Nursing No. 2011 (2011), pp.1-8.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Krüger, Kjell& Strand, Line& Geitung, Jonn-Terje& Eide, Geir Egil& Grimsmo, Anders. Can Electronic Tools Help Improve Nursing Home Quality?. ISRN Nursing. 2011. Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-8.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-454617