title: The computerized OMAHA system in microsoft office excel.
abstract: The OMAHA System was adopted as the documentation system in an interventional study. To systematically record client care and facilitate data analysis, two Office Excel files were developed. The first Excel file (File A) was designed to record problems, care procedure, and outcomes for individual clients according to the OMAHA System. It was used by the intervention nurses in the study. The second Excel file (File B) was the summary of all clients that had been automatically extracted from File A. Data in File B can be analyzed directly in Excel or imported in PASW for further analysis. Both files have four parts to record basic information and the three parts of the OMAHA System. The computerized OMAHA System simplified the documentation procedure and facilitated the management and analysis of data.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China.
authors.forename: Xiaobin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Lai
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China.
authors.forename: Frances K Y
authors.initials: FK
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.affiliation: Suning Appliance Company Limited, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Peiqiang
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Oncology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong, China.
authors.forename: Carenx W Y
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Leung
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Oncology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong, China.
authors.forename: Lai H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Oncology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong, China.
authors.forename: Jessica S Y
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Oncology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong, China.
authors.forename: Yim F
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Lo
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China.
authors.forename: Shirley S Y
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Ching
mesh_terms: D004282:Documentation / Q000379:methods*; D057286:Electronic Health Records / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005568:Forms and Records Control; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000379:methods*; D048108:Nursing Informatics / Q000379:methods; D009737:Nursing Records; D011381:Programming Languages; D012984:Software; D012985:Software Design; D014584:User-Computer Interface