title: Benefits of hospital information systems as seen by front-line nurses and general hospital staff.
abstract: A series of descriptive correlation studies involving 6 hospitals and 697 respondents identified the benefits of computerized hospital information systems (HIS) and the value of those benefits as perceived by front-line system users. Benefits related to quality of care were realized to a greater extent, and considered more important, than those related to cost/savings/productivity or professionalism/recruitment/retention. Perceptions of nurses were not significantly different from those of general hospital staff members. Scattered significant correlations were revealed between demographic and organization variables and perceptions of benefits.
authors.affiliation: Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.
authors.forename: L P
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Nauright
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Simpson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001292:Attitude to Computers; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D005260:Female; D005845:Georgia; D006751:Hospital Information Systems / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010564:Personnel, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*; D011787:Quality of Health Care