Improving nursing documentation to include outcomes of care in computerized information systems.
Often times when models of information systems are developed, outcomes are either left out or described as an end product of treatment alone. However, in research demonstrating outcomes, evaluating whether outcomes are achieved can best be accomplished when the outcomes are integrated into the entire care process. This paper describes a model for nursing to consider when integrating outcomes during several components of nursing care delivery, and several nursing domains for achieving outcome of care.
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Center for Information Technology, Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, Rockville, MD 20852, USA. kmccormi@po5.ahcpr.gov
D006801:Humans; D008331:Management Information Systems; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009736:Nursing Process / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009737:Nursing Records; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D013597:Systems Analysis