title: Making Patient Risk Visible: Implementation of a Nursing Document Information System to Improve Patient Safety.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aims of this study were to develop a nursing information system (NIS), enhance the visibility of patient risk, and identify challenges and facilitators to adoption of the NIS risk assessment system for nurse leaders.
  
  
  METHODS
  This article describes the function of a nursing risk assessment information system, and the results of a survey on the risk assessment system.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The results suggested that quality of information processing in nursing significantly improved patient safety. Nurses surveyed demonstrated a high degree of satisfaction, with saving time and improving safety.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The nursing document information system described was introduced to improve patient safety and decrease risk. The application of the system has greatly enhanced the efficiency of nursing work, and guides the nurses to make an accurate, comprehensive and objective assessment of patient information, contributing significantly to further improvement in care standards and care decisions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Peking University 3rd Hospital, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Panfeng
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Peking University 3rd Hospital.
authors.forename: Hongjun
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Peking University 3rd Hospital.
authors.forename: Baohua
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, University of Illinois at Chicago.
authors.forename: Keke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D057286:Electronic Health Records / Q000458:organization & administration*; D063005:Health Information Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D033181:Information Dissemination / Q000379:methods*; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*; D009737:Nursing Records; D061214:Patient Safety; D014584:User-Computer Interface