IT Sophistication and Quality Measures in Nursing Homes
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IT sophistication and quality measures in nursing homes.
This study explores relationships between current levels of information technology (IT) sophistication and seven reportable quality measures (QMs) in 210 nursing homes in Missouri. Between December 2006 and August 2007, each nursing home completed a survey providing IT sophistication levels measured within nine subscales. During this same time, nationally reported QMs were collected for each nu...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Gerontological Nursing
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0098-9134,1938-243X
DOI: 10.3928/00989134-20090527-05