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Using an Evidence-Based Approach for Electronic Health Record Downtime Education in Nurse Onboarding. - 2020

Available online through MWHC library: March/April 2002 - present

Electronic health record systems have been widely implemented throughout healthcare settings over the last few years, and nurses rely on these systems to obtain information about patients, make clinical decisions, and deliver safe and appropriate care. Health information technology systems have electronic health record downtime episodes both due to scheduled maintenance and unforeseen circumstances. The ability to deliver safe and effective care during electronic health record downtime episodes is important, yet training on electronic health record downtime is rarely included for nursing staff. This quality improvement project implemented an electronic health record downtime training course and administered it to 50 onboarding nurses within the hospital facility. The participants indicated a positive perception of electronic health record downtime preparedness after the course offering related to ability to find and follow downtime procedures. However, no precourse metrics were obtained, and therefore it is uncertain if this positive perception is a direct result of the electronic health record downtime training course. While initial results are promising, further investigation will need to be conducted to determine training course effectiveness.


English

ISSN: 1538-2931

Standard No.: 10.1097/CIN.0000000000000582 [doi]

Subjects--Topical Terms:
*Evidence-Based Nursing
*Inservice Training/og [Organization & Administration]
*Nursing Staff/ed [Education]
*Quality Improvement
Adult
Electronic Health Records
Female
Hospitals
Humans
Male
Nursing Staff/og [Organization & Administration]
Young Adult

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
MedStar Washington Hospital Center

Index Terms--Occupation:
Nursing Informatics

Index Terms--Function:
Journal Article