Health Information Technology in Nursing: Views and Attitudes of Nurse Managers

Authors : Sevilay ŞENOL ÇELİK, Neşet HİKMET, İhsaniye ÜNAL

Pages : 409-427

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Publication Date : 2017-12-29

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Aim of this study was to determine nurse managers’ views and attitudes towards health information technology. The study was planned as a mixed methods study. Sample of the study consisted of 52 nurse managers. Participants were selected from the nurse managers working at training and research hospitals of a university in Turkey. Content analysis was used for data obtained from face-to-face interviews, and data obtained from other data collection tools were analyzed by frequency, percentage distributions, means, and standard deviations. According to the results obtained from the study; respondents noted strengths of health information technology, such as easing workflow and minimizing medication errors through better documentation. Perceived weaknesses included long waits to obtain patients’ medications when the system was busy, and time lost entering information into the system. Mean score for attitudes about health information technology was 4.90 (±0.90) out of 7. Nurse managers experienced difficulties with learning and perceptions about the system, teaching a new system to team members, and adapting when a new system replaced the old one.
Keywords : Communication, health service management, informatic, information technology, nursing, nursing care