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. 2011 Nov-Dec;18(6):812-9.
doi: 10.1136/amiajnl-2010-000018. Epub 2011 Jun 22.

ICU nurses' acceptance of electronic health records

Pascale Carayon  1 , Randi Cartmill, Mary Ann Blosky, Roger Brown, Matthew Hackenberg, Peter Hoonakker, Ann Schoofs Hundt, Evan Norfolk, Tosha B Wetterneck, James M Walker
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ICU nurses' acceptance of electronic health records

Pascale Carayon et al. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2011 Nov-Dec.

Abstract

Objective: To assess intensive care unit (ICU) nurses' acceptance of electronic health records (EHR) technology and examine the relationship between EHR design, implementation factors, and nurse acceptance.

Design: The authors analyzed data from two cross-sectional survey questionnaires distributed to nurses working in four ICUs at a northeastern US regional medical center, 3 months and 12 months after EHR implementation.

Measurements: Survey items were drawn from established instruments used to measure EHR acceptance and usability, and the usefulness of three EHR functionalities, specifically computerized provider order entry (CPOE), the electronic medication administration record (eMAR), and a nursing documentation flowsheet.

Results: On average, ICU nurses were more accepting of the EHR at 12 months as compared to 3 months. They also perceived the EHR as being more usable and both CPOE and eMAR as being more useful. Multivariate hierarchical modeling indicated that EHR usability and CPOE usefulness predicted EHR acceptance at both 3 and 12 months. At 3 months postimplementation, eMAR usefulness predicted EHR acceptance, but its effect disappeared at 12 months. Nursing flowsheet usefulness predicted EHR acceptance but only at 12 months.

Conclusion: As the push toward implementation of EHR technology continues, more hospitals will face issues related to acceptance of EHR technology by staff caring for critically ill patients. This research suggests that factors related to technology design have strong effects on acceptance, even 1 year following the EHR implementation.

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Competing interests: None.

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Comparisons of electronic health records (EHR) acceptance, usability and EHR functionality usefulness at 3 months and 12 months after EHR implementation. CPOE, computerized provider order entry; eMAR, electronic medication administration record.
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Figure 2
Model of electronic health records (EHR) acceptance. CPOE, computerized provider order entry; eMAR, electronic medication administration record.
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