title: Leveraging certified nursing assistant documentation and knowledge to improve clinical decision making: the on-time quality improvement program to prevent pressure ulcers.
abstract: The goal of this article was to enhance understanding of the On-Time Quality Improvement for Long-term Care Program, a practical approach to embed health information technology into quality improvement in nursing homes that leverages certified nursing assistant documentation and knowledge, supports frontline clinical decision making, and establishes proactive intervention for pressure ulcer prevention.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Clinical Outcomes Research, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
authors.forename: Siobhan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sharkey
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hudak
authors.forename: Susan D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Horn
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Spector
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003657:Decision Making; D004282:Documentation; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007600:Judgment; D009728:Nursing Assistants; D010348:Patient Care Team; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000451:nursing / Q000517:prevention & control*; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000451:nursing / Q000517:prevention & control; D013997:Time Factors; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000451:nursing / Q000517:prevention & control