Electronic versus paper-based nursing documentation systems: the caregivers weigh in.

摘要

The purpose of this research was to test the feasibility of implementing clinical IT solutions in nursing homes. A quasi-experimental, comparative design was undertaken in two homes belonging to the same management group: RSL Care in Queensland, Australia. The participants included 15 available staff in the home using the electronic system and 12 staff in the facility using paper documentation. The areas to be investigated included participants' basic demographic information, the norm about the usage of the relevant documentation system, participants' computer literacy and attitudes toward using IT solutions, their capacity to use the electronic or paper-based system, their satisfaction with such a system, and the information it provided. The research methods included semistructured interviews and a questionnaire survey based on the validated measurement scales (available from the author).