Workflow viewpoints: Analysis of nursing workflow documentation in the electronic health record.

This article amplifies the emphasis on organizational workflow reignited by the Institute of Medicine reports on healthcare quality. The analysis of nursing workflow is central to understanding the power of technology to modify the fundamental constructs of nursing practice. The aim is to understand the evolution of nursing workflow and the concept of workflow from the management and computer science perspectives used in electronic health records and computerized provider order entry. The understanding of the workflow models within health information disciplines may improve the model of nursing workflow underlying the implementation of electronic health record systems. The article follows the Walker and Avant evolutionary method of concept analysis.