Effect of Electronic Health Records on Nursing-Patient Interaction

Running head: NURSING RESEARCH AND EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE
NURSING RESEARCH AND EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE
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Clinical Problem and Nursing Issue: Effect of patient documentation using HER on nursing-
patient interaction.
PICOT Question: Does usage of electronic health records for the purpose of patient
documentation improve interaction and communication between the nurse and the patient within
an year or beyong after its implementation?
 P: Population: Nurses employed in adult in-patient hospital settings.
 I: Intervention: Documentation of Patient Data by nurses using Electronic Health
Records (EHR)
 C: Comparison: Documentation of patient data using EHR by health professionals other
than nurses, for example: physicians
 O: Outcome: Nurses’ self-reported perceptions on improvemetns in the nurse-patient
inetarction
 T: Time: One year or more, after implementation of EHR associated patient data
documentation
Summary of Clinical Issue
With the advancement of science and technology, the field of nursing has encountered
considerable changes in the nature of nursing roles and responsibilities. Nurses are now required
to perform a variety of diverse functions rather than merely engaging in alleviation of
physiological symptoms (Sweeney, 2017). Health informatics are an essential advancement in
the field of nursing and healthcare and involves the incorporation of information technology in
healthcare documentation and management of patient personal details. Electronic health records
(EHR) involves the conductance of patient detail documentation using computerized networks,