TY - JOUR T1 - Interdisciplinary collaboration and the electronic medical record. AU - Green,Shayla D, AU - Thomas,Joan D, PY - 2008/7/25/pubmed PY - 2008/9/16/medline PY - 2008/7/25/entrez SP - 225-7, 240 JF - Pediatric nursing JO - Pediatr Nurs VL - 34 IS - 3 N2 - PURPOSE: To examine interdisciplinary collaboration via electronic medical records (EMRs) with a focus on physicians' perception of nursing documentation. DESIGN: Quality improvement project using a survey instrument. LOCATION: Tertiary care pediatric hospital. PARTICIPANTS: Thirty-seven physicians. OUTCOME MEASURE: Physicians perceptions of nursing documentation after EMR implementation KEY FINDINGS: Physicians desire nursing documentation with greater clarity and additional information. Physicians indicate checklists alone for patient assessment and intervention data are insufficient for effective nurse/physician collaboration. Narrative nursing summaries are invaluable references that guide medical treatment decisions. Physicians see detailed assessments and well-described interventions of nurses' as critical to their ability to effectively practice medicine. KEY CONCLUSIONS: Health care technology is called to develop EMRs that enable nurses to document detailed patient data in a swift and straightforward manner. Joint collaboration between nurses, physicians, and technology specialists is recommended to develop effective EMR systems. SN - 0097-9805 UR - https://wwww.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/18649812/Interdisciplinary_collaboration_and_the_electronic_medical_record_ L2 - http://ovidsp.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&PAGE=linkout&SEARCH=18649812.ui DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -