title: Health information technology in the workplace: findings from a 2010 national survey of registered nurses.
abstract: The objective of this study was to examine RNs' experiences with health information technology (HIT) and their perceptions of the effect of this technology on quality of care and daily work. The adoption and use of HIT are expected to increase substantially over the next 5 years because of policy efforts at the federal and state levels. Given the size of the RN workforce and their critical role in healthcare delivery, their experiences with HIT could help adoption efforts. The method used was a nationally representative survey of 1500 nurses with a 56% response rate. Findings suggest wide variation in the availability of HIT functionality, with functions more likely available to hospital RNs. Overall, RNs perceived the effect of these technologies on quality of care and their daily work as positive. Ensuring that HIT systems are relevant to and usable for RNs will be a critical component in achieving the meaningful use of these systems.
authors: Mathematica Policy Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. cdesroches@mathematica-mpr.com
authors: Catherine M
authors: CM
authors: DesRoches
authors: Paola
authors: P
authors: Miralles
authors: Peter
authors: P
authors: Buerhaus
authors: Robert
authors: R
authors: Hess
authors: Karen
authors: K
authors: Donelan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D005260:Female; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008490:Medical Informatics; D008875:Middle Aged; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis; D014481:United States