There is ongoing discussion about physician burnout and stress, but doctors aren't the only ones under pressure. A 2020 nursing survey found that almost two-thirds of nurses (62%) experienced burnout ...

Hand-in-hand with real-time charting is point-of-care documentation, representing another change in nurses' workflow ushered in by EHRs. The idea is that computer workstations would be located in ...

Nursing documentation is a cornerstone of contemporary healthcare, integrating systematic recording of patient observations, interventions, and outcomes with the aim of enhancing effective care ...

Maintaining high quality clinical documentation is essential for a number of reasons, including improved patient safety and better adherence to accreditation standards. Marie Boyd, administrator at ...

Nursing documentation is often cited as a factor for nursing burnout, and many organizations are rethinking the approach to the old philosophy of "If it's not documented, it didn't happen." Banner ...

My training to become a surgical nurse taught me much more than I expected. The hospital hosting the perioperative course was in the midst of implementing an electronic operating room management ...

Nurses at Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health used to document every time a patient was watching TV or on their phones. No longer. In fact, the 27-hospital system has saved nurses 400,000 EHR ...

Before EHRs were implemented, they were touted as a huge step forward in patient care. They were supposed to be more accurate, safer, timelier, and faster. Computers were going to free up nurses to ...