title: How are electronic medical records used by nurse practitioners?
abstract: In this paper we describe how nurse practitioners (NPs) use electronic medical records (EMR) features and functions at: (1) an individual and (2) a clinic level to support patient wellness and chronic disease management activities. Fifteen NPs from British Columbia (BC), Canada participated in a qualitative, semi-structured interview study. NPs used EMRs with individual patients and at a clinic level to support wellness and chronic disease management activities. NP's used clinic notes, reminders, tasks and careplans to support wellness and disease management activities in individual patients while reports were used to manage patients at a clinic level.
authors.affiliation: School of Health Information Science, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
authors.forename: Elizabeth M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Borycki
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
authors.forename: Esther
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sangster-Gormley
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
authors.forename: Rita
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schreiber
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
authors.forename: Joanne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.affiliation: School of Health Information Science, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
authors.forename: Janessa
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Griffith
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
authors.forename: April
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Feddema
authors.affiliation: School of Health Information Science, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
authors.forename: Alex
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kuo
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001955:British Columbia; D057286:Electronic Health Records / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009737:Nursing Records / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D057184:Practice Patterns, Nurses' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017010:Reminder Systems / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*