title: VNA of Brooklyn's point-of-care technology. Evolution and use.
abstract: To adequately address care, cost, and compliance factors, agencies must radically change the method and the frequency in which they collect and analyze patient data. After thorough review of its operations, the management of Visiting Nurse Association of Brooklyn determined that the last bastion of inefficiency within the agency was its data collection process at the point of care. Agency administrators decided to focus on this area by eliminating its paper-based point-of-care system with a goal of reducing costs and increasing cash flow.
authors.affiliation: Visiting Nurse Regional Health Care Systems, Inc., USA. bscharf@vnabklyn.org
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Scharf
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Harvey
mesh_terms: D000555:Ambulatory Care Information Systems; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016287:Computer Peripherals; D003625:Data Collection; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D009519:New York City; D019095:Point-of-Care Systems; D012984:Software