{"id":7452,"date":"2025-06-28T18:24:01","date_gmt":"2025-06-28T18:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/specialist-nurses-experiences-of-using-the-viewer-a-consolidated-electronic-medical-records-system-a-pre-post-implementation-survey\/"},"modified":"2025-06-29T05:07:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T05:07:09","slug":"specialist-nurses-experiences-of-using-the-viewer-a-consolidated-electronic-medical-records-system-a-pre-post-implementation-survey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/specialist-nurses-experiences-of-using-the-viewer-a-consolidated-electronic-medical-records-system-a-pre-post-implementation-survey\/","title":{"rendered":"Specialist nurses\u2019 experiences of using \u2018The Viewer\u2019, a consolidated electronic medical records system: a pre-post implementation survey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This article was originally published as: <strong>Specialist nurses\u2019 experiences of using \u2018The Viewer\u2019, a consolidated electronic medical records system: a pre-post implementation survey<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Original Article Link: <a href='https:\/\/www.ajan.com.au\/index.php\/AJAN\/article\/view\/1534' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>Read Original Article<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Download PDF: <a href='https:\/\/www.ajan.com.au\/index.php\/AJAN\/article\/download\/1534\/271' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>Click Here to Download PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Abstract<\/h2>\n<p>Objective: Evaluate changes in specialty areas nurses\u2019 knowledge and perceptions of a consolidated electronic medical record (EMR) system before and after implementation.<br \/>\nDesign: A survey deployed pre- and six months post-implementation of \u2018The Viewer\u2019.<br \/>\nSetting: Regional Hospital and Health Service, Queensland.<br \/>\nSubjects: Nurses working in specialist areas including community health, palliative care, discharge planning, wound and stoma care, diabetes education and renal dialysis satellite services (n=110) were invited to participate in the study. Response rate of the pre-implementation survey (n=42, 38%) was much higher than the post-implementation subset (n=10, 24%). A major health service restructure that included losses of nursing positions in specialist areas significantly affected postimplementation results.<br \/>\nIntervention: An EMR system called \u2018The Viewer\u2019 to access consolidated electronic medical records of patient information produced by different parts of the organisation.<br \/>\nMain Outcome Measures: Changes in participants\u2019 knowledge and perceptions of \u2018The Viewer\u2019, and their satisfaction with the quality, ease of use and access to patient information.<br \/>\nResults: Pre-implementation, specialist nurses reported dissatisfaction with most aspects of the current patient information system but high confidence and comfort in using electronic systems. Post implementation satisfaction scores either remained the same or increased. Satisfaction with ease of access to consolidated patient data (U = 125.0, p = 0.038, r = 0.29) and usefulness of electronic systems (U = 115.0, p = 0.031, r = 0.30) increased significantly post-implementation of \u2018The Viewer\u2019.<br \/>\nConclusion: Specialist nurses are positive about the possibilities EMRs offer to centralise, consolidate and improve access to patient data.<\/p>\n<h2>Authors<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Jane Mills<\/li>\n<li>Cindy Woods<\/li>\n<li>Marnie Hitchins<\/li>\n<li>Glynda Summers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Keywords<\/h2>\n<p>computerised medical records system, computerised patient medical records, electronic medical records, evaluation, nurses, pre-post tests<\/p>\n<h2>References<\/h2>\n<p>References not available for this article.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article was originally published as: Specialist nurses\u2019 experiences of using \u2018The Viewer\u2019, a consolidated electronic medical records system: a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[124],"tags":[4536,4537,4010,737,3894,4538],"class_list":["post-7452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","tag-computerised-medical-records-system","tag-computerised-patient-medical-records","tag-electronic-medical-records","tag-evaluation","tag-nurses","tag-pre-post-tests","wpcat-124-id"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - 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