Can Electronic Tools Help Improve Nursing Home Quality?
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Can Electronic Tools Help Improve Nursing Home Quality?
Background. Nursing homes face challenges in the coming years due to the increased number of elderly. Quality will be under pressure, expectations of the services will rise, and clinical complexity will grow. New strategies are needed to meet this situation. Modern clinical information systems with decision support may be part of that. Objectives. To study the impact of introducing an electroni...
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عنوان ژورنال: ISRN Nursing
سال: 2011
ISSN: 2090-5483,2090-5491
DOI: 10.5402/2011/208142