title: Point of care technology: impact on people and paperwork.
abstract: A systematic evaluation of a bedside computer system for nursing documentation indicates that point of care technology has a positive direct impact on the efficiency, effectiveness, and satisfaction of the nursing staff, and a positive indirect influence on other members of the health care team in their delivery of patient care.
authors.forename: K E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Dennis
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Sweeney
authors.forename: L P
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Macdonald
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Morse
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001292:Attitude to Computers; D016288:Computer Terminals; D006801:Humans; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D009737:Nursing Records; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology; D010362:Patients' Rooms; D011787:Quality of Health Care