Better planning needed to strengthen patient-care systems.
The word "change" is on everyone's lips this year. The desire for change in patient-care information applications is very strong, too, according to a recent Computers in Healthcare patient-care systems survey. Three nursing executives have studied the CIH survey results and give their view on why strategic planning for patient-care systems is so poor when the desire for these applications is so great.
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D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D006751:Hospital Information Systems / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015285:Hospital-Patient Relations; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D010347:Patient Care Planning / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States