title: Supporting the information domains of fall-risk management in home care via health information technology.
abstract: In the United States, home care clinicians often start the episode of care devoid of relevant fall-risk information. By collecting and analyzing qualitative data from 30 clinicians in one home health agency, this case study aimed to understand how the currently adopted information technology solutions supported the clinicians' fall-risk management (FRM) information domains, and explored opportunities to adopt other solutions to better support FRM. The currently adopted electronic health record system and fall-reporting application served only some information domains with a limited capacity. Substantial improvement in addressing the FRM information domains is possible by effectively modifying the existing solutions and purposefully adopting new solutions.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Information Science , Kuwait University , Al-Adailiya , Kuwait.
authors.forename: Dari
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Alhuwail
authors.affiliation: b Department of Information Systems , University of Maryland, Baltimore County , Baltimore , Maryland , USA.
authors.forename: Güneş
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Koru
authors.affiliation: c School of Nursing , University of Maryland , Baltimore , Maryland , USA.
authors.forename: Mary Etta
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Mills
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000328:Adult; D057286:Electronic Health Records / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D017144:Focus Groups; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D008873:Mid-Atlantic Region; D008875:Middle Aged; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012308:Risk Management / Q000379:methods*; D014481:United States
keywords: Fall-risk management; falls; health information technology; home health care; information needs; qualitative