title: Revising nursing documentation to meet patient outcomes.
abstract: Often, complex documentation forms place unnecessary burdens on nurses. A change in one hospital's patient care forms contributes to positive outcomes. With the revised documentation, nurses spend more time caring for patients while still meeting the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations' requirements.
authors.affiliation: Millard Fillmore Health Systems, Buffalo, New York, USA.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Scharf
mesh_terms: D005568:Forms and Records Control; D006801:Humans; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D009737:Nursing Records / Q000592:standards*; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010865:Pilot Projects; D013997:Time Factors; D016526:Workload