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Nurse workarounds in the electronic health record: an integrative review.

Fraczkowski D, Matson J, Lopez KD. Nurse workarounds in the electronic health record: an integrative review. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2020;27(7):1149-1165. doi:10.1093/jamia/ocaa050.

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August 12, 2020
Fraczkowski D, Matson J, Lopez KD. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2020;27(7):1149-1165.
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The authors reviewed studies using qualitative and quantitative methods to describe nursing workarounds related to the electronic health record (EHR) in direct care activities. Workarounds generally fit into three categories – omission of process steps, steps performed out of sequence, and unauthorized process steps. Probable causes for workarounds were identified, including organizational- (e.g., knowledge deficits, non-formulary orders), environmental-, patient- (e.g., barcode/ID not accessible), task- (e.g., insufficient time), and usability-related factors (e.g., multiple screens to complete an action). Despite nurses being the largest workforce using EHRs, there is limited research focused on the needs of nurses in EHR design.

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Fraczkowski D, Matson J, Lopez KD. Nurse workarounds in the electronic health record: an integrative review. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2020;27(7):1149-1165. doi:10.1093/jamia/ocaa050.