The evaluation of the nursing process at the hospital in which electronic medical record was used

the impact of the electronic medical record against the nursing service at admission

Abstract

The use of electronic medical records is predominant in large-scale hospitals. However, criticism is high from the nursing staff in that it increases workloads, and that it robs time away from patient care. To investigate this claim, we looked at most common and standard nursing procedures at hospital admission and divided these into 29 duty types to carry out a time and motion study. As a result, the average time spent on admission duties was long at 222.5±84.67 with large standard deviations. Records keeping explained for majority of the time spent on duties. With electronic medical systems becoming popular in acute care hospitals, reassessment and restructuring of nurse duty procedures seems crucial.