TY - JOUR
T1 - Exploring nurses' confirmed expectations regarding health IT
T2 - A phenomenological study
AU - Zadvinskis, Inga M.
AU - Chipps, Esther
AU - Yen, Po Yin
PY - 2014/2
Y1 - 2014/2
N2 - Health information technology (IT) benefits both patients and providers with respect to health care quality and perceived usefulness. Although existing research provides a preliminary understanding of nurses' perception of health IT, perceptions do not guide actions. This phenomenological study explored nurses' perceptions regarding electronic health records and bar code medication administration four months post implementation on a medical-surgical unit in an academic medical center. Ten staff nurses (8 females and 2 males) participated. We categorized the results into five themes from personal-level to organizational-level confirmed expectations: (1) nurses' interaction with computer, (2) nursing performance regarding task accomplishment, (3) unit-specific teamwork, (4) interdisciplinary teamwork, and (5) quality of care. We discovered that effective health IT must be congruent with nursing expectations. IT professionals, nursing and organizational leaders may use findings to structure an environment supportive of effective health IT in nursing practice.
AB - Health information technology (IT) benefits both patients and providers with respect to health care quality and perceived usefulness. Although existing research provides a preliminary understanding of nurses' perception of health IT, perceptions do not guide actions. This phenomenological study explored nurses' perceptions regarding electronic health records and bar code medication administration four months post implementation on a medical-surgical unit in an academic medical center. Ten staff nurses (8 females and 2 males) participated. We categorized the results into five themes from personal-level to organizational-level confirmed expectations: (1) nurses' interaction with computer, (2) nursing performance regarding task accomplishment, (3) unit-specific teamwork, (4) interdisciplinary teamwork, and (5) quality of care. We discovered that effective health IT must be congruent with nursing expectations. IT professionals, nursing and organizational leaders may use findings to structure an environment supportive of effective health IT in nursing practice.
KW - Barcode medication administration system
KW - Electronic health record
KW - Expectation
KW - Health IT
KW - Phenomenology
KW - Qualitative research
KW - Satisfaction
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84891837042&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2013.11.001
DO - 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2013.11.001
M3 - Article
C2 - 24321515
AN - SCOPUS:84891837042
SN - 1386-5056
VL - 83
SP - 89
EP - 98
JO - International Journal of Medical Informatics
JF - International Journal of Medical Informatics
IS - 2
ER -