Electronic Health Documentation and Its Impact on Nurses Routine Practices

Abstract

The Electronic Health Record (EHR) has had the potential to revolutionize medical documentation and patient management. EHR has been widely used to simply collect the patient health information; it has improved the problem by making the personal health record accessible anytime via a computer. Public and private sectors are actively using electronic health record to access patient data, which has enabled the communication of volumes of clinical information accessible and easier to retrieve.

The purpose of this study was to investigate how electronic health records affects nurses work practices in their daily routine. This Master’s thesis was based on various literature evaluation carried out by experts to measure the time variation between health information exchange and paper based records

On the basis of the results of this study, it was evident that nurses play an essential role in the acquisition, evaluation and application of the electronic health records. The study showed that EHR improve the quality of care, performance, and time efficiency and reduces costs.

Keywords, Electronic Health Records, Paper records, Time efficiency, Work routine.