Abstract

LIMA, Dayane França Braz; BRAGA, André Luiz de Souza; FERNANDES, João Luiz  and  BRANDAO, Euzeli da Silva. Health information system: concepts and perspectives of nurses on the electronic patient record. Rev. Enf. Ref. [online]. 2011, vol.serIII, n.5, pp.113-119. ISSN 0874-0283.  https://doi.org/10.12707/RIII1146.

Looking at the technology of the electronic patient record (EPR) as a facilitating resource for healthcare services, especially in hospital practice of professional nursing, the aim of this study was to identify nurses’ views on the PEP and describe the perspectives of these professionals regarding the implementation of this tool in the institution. It is a qualitative exploratory-descriptive type study, performed through semi-structured interviews with 10 nurses who are responsible for the inpatient units of a university hospital where this system has not yet been implemented. The data were analyzed using content analysis. The following categories emerged: Electronic Patient Record: knowledge to be gained by nurses and nurses’ perspectives on the ERP. Although this information system is not yet used at the hospital, nurses see the EPR as a facilitating process, which shows that there is a positive outlook for its implementation. However, they pointed out the need for capacity training and structure to base implementation of the system at the institution.

Keywords : technology in nursing; information technology; information systems.

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