title: The computerization of the patient education process.
abstract: This article describes an on-line computer system developed to provide indexing, order entry, and documentation of patient education materials. The system offers an index of all materials, patient data, an ordering system, and a documentation system. Other features of the system include annotated briefs of each indexed material, on-line inventory records and the capability of generating summation reports. The system was developed with input from nursing staff members and revised as needed to improve its user-friendliness and the documentation capabilities.
authors.affiliation: University Hospital and Clinics, Columbia, Missouri.
authors.forename: K K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Schofer
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Ward
mesh_terms: D006751:Hospital Information Systems / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D009737:Nursing Records; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education; D009862:Online Systems; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D013664:Teaching Materials