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Research Studies is a compilation of published research articles funded by AHRQ or authored by AHRQ researchers.
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1 to 4 of 4 Research Studies DisplayedKang Y, Taylor JO, Osterhage K
Home care nurses' perspectives regarding health information management among older adults.
The purpose of this qualitative study was to determine how home healthcare nurses (HCNs) obtain and provide health information, to describe the perspective of HCNs regarding older adult personal health information (PHI), and to identify the potential role of technology in older adult health information transfer. Researchers conducted and analyzed phone interviews with 17 HCNs from two home healthcare agencies. Results showed these five themes: 1) common practices of obtaining health information; 2) barriers to obtaining health information; 3) ideal ways to obtain and provide health information; 4) use of patient portals; and 5) HCNs' use of technology for health information exchange. Most HCNs reported that it would be difficult for older adult patients to update their PHI without assistance, but HCNs lack the time and resources to assist older adults in PHI management activities.
AHRQ-funded; HS022106.
Citation: Kang Y, Taylor JO, Osterhage K .
Home care nurses' perspectives regarding health information management among older adults.
Home Healthc Now 2019 Nov/Dec;37(6):319-27. doi: 10.1097/nhh.0000000000000796..
Keywords: Home Healthcare, Elderly, Health Information Technology (HIT), Provider: Nurse, Provider
Sockolow PS, Bass EJ, Ynag Y
Availability and quality of information used by nurses while admitting patients to a rural home health care agency.
This study investigated the availability and quality of information used by nurses in a rural home health care agency during patient admission. Twelve in-home admissions were observed and the nurses were interviewed before and after the admissions process. Content and quality of documents available to the nurses was analyzed and needed documents were not uniformly present. They rarely received visit pattern or medication management information. These results show the need for a high quality electronic health record system.
AHRQ-funded; HS024537.
Citation: Sockolow PS, Bass EJ, Ynag Y .
Availability and quality of information used by nurses while admitting patients to a rural home health care agency.
Stud Health Technol Inform 2019 Aug 21;264:798-802. doi: 10.3233/shti190333..
Keywords: Rural Health, Home Healthcare, Electronic Health Records (EHRs), Health Information Technology (HIT), Provider: Nurse, Provider
Yang Y, Bass EJ, Bowles KH
Impact of home care admission nurses' goals on electronic health record documentation strategies at the point of care.
The article reports on a study designed to investigate documentation strategies used by home care nurses with respect to entering electronic data during admission as well as the effect of nursing goals on the process. This was done to characterize admission nurses' practices at the point of care and to establish a basis for design recommendations for electronic health records (EHRs). Five nurses in rural Pennsylvania home care agencies were observed during the admission process. The results of the study lead the authors to recommend that EHR design and training should support the manner in which home care nurses document patient encounters.
AHRQ-funded; HS024537.
Citation: Yang Y, Bass EJ, Bowles KH .
Impact of home care admission nurses' goals on electronic health record documentation strategies at the point of care.
Comput Inform Nurs 2019 Jan;37(1):39-46. doi: 10.1097/cin.0000000000000468..
Keywords: Electronic Health Records (EHRs), Health Information Technology (HIT), Home Healthcare, Nursing
Dowding D, Merrill JA, Barron Y
Usability evaluation of a dashboard for home care nurses.
Usability tests were conducted on a creation of a dashboard prototype for home care nurses for their patients’ electronic health records (EHRs). The prototype was created by first observing and interviewing several nurses; getting feedback on paper versions of the dashboard; and then a usability evaluation of the electronic prototype. The dashboard was positively evaluated.
AHRQ-funded; HS023855.
Citation: Dowding D, Merrill JA, Barron Y .
Usability evaluation of a dashboard for home care nurses.
Comput Inform Nurs 2019 Jan;37(1):11-19. doi: 10.1097/cin.0000000000000484..
Keywords: Health Information Technology (HIT), Home Healthcare, Nursing, Provider