title: LDS hospital, a facility of Intermountain Health Care, Salt Lake City, Utah.
abstract: On-line documentation by nurses and a comprehensive text management system are functional in several facilities of intermountain Health Care (IHC). The following articles detail factors in the design and implementation of this computerized network as experienced at LDS Hospital, part of the IHC system. Areas discussed are the system's applications for medical decision support, communication, patient classification, nurse staffing versus cost, emergency department usage, patient problem/event recording, clinical outcomes, and text publication. Users express satisfaction with the time saving, consistency of reporting, and cohesiveness of these applications.
authors.affiliation: Central Urban Regional Hospitals, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Peck
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nelson
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Buxton
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bushnell
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dahle
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rosebrock
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Ashton
mesh_terms: D003661:Decision Support Techniques; D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D006801:Humans; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D009737:Nursing Records; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology