T he 2016 Summer Institute in Nursing Informatics (SINI), held July 20 to 22, marked the 26th year for this pioneering conference. Once again, hundreds of nurses and other informatics professionals convened on the campus of the University of Maryland School of Nursing in Baltimore or via live Web streaming to celebrate this event, attend educational sessions, and network with colleagues. A uniq...

OBJECTIVE To analyze and describe the operational benefits that followed the introduction of a multiprofessional older person assessment and liaison service (OPAL) into the acute admissions areas of a general hospital. OPAL delivered comprehensive geriatric assessment and a range of early medical, nursing, therapy, and social interventions to all eligible elderly and frail patients. METHODS A...

A C L I N I C A L J O U R N A L O F T H E A M E R I C A N G E R I A T R I C S S O C I E T Y he psychiatric needs of older adults in residential care settings are significant. While increasing attention has been given to the mental health needs of elderly nursing home residents, other facilities, including assisted living facilities, board and care homes, and adult foster care programs, present ...

Depression in nursing home residents is a common phenomenon, though there is a wide range in the severity of this disorder as experienced by elderly adults in the United States. Treating older patients for depression is costly in both human and financial terms. The authors review guidelines and recommendations for the diagnosis of depression and medical treatment of depressed elderly adults fro...

PURPOSE The purpose of this paper is to explore and compare hospital and home care nurses' assessment of their information management at patients' discharge from hospital to home care before and after the hospital implemented an electronic nursing discharge note. THEORY This paper draws on the concept of inter-organizational continuity of care, and specifically addresses the contribution of t...

Background: Screening and treatment for breast cancer have improved. However, attention to palliative support and non-cancer co-morbidities has been limited. This study identified types of care for and co-morbidities of persons dying of breast cancer compared to persons dying from all cancers and from non-cancer causes. Methods: Linked administrative data from population-based registries were u...

OBJECTIVE In a hospital based setting, identify factors which influence the cost of colorectal cancer care? DESIGN Retrospective case note review SETTING Nottingham, United Kingdom PARTICIPANTS 227 patients treated for colorectal cancer METHODS Retrospective review of the hospital records provided the primary data for the costing study and included all CRC related resource consumption o...

OBJECTIVE Meaningful use of electronic health records (EHRs) is dependent on accurate clinical documentation. Documenting common goals in the intensive care unit (ICU), such as sedation and ventilator management plans, may increase collaboration and decrease patient length of stay. This study analyzed the degree to which goals stated were present in the EHR. DESIGN Descriptive correlational s...

The aim of this project was to improve the handling of cases of domestic violence by a local hospital. Through the project, medical personnels may gain an improved understanding of this problem and increase their ability and knowledge in relation to domestic violence. The hope was to provide professional medical services while protecting the personal privacy of the patients who needed to be hel...

introduction. with constant changes in health care it is imperative that nursing education programs themselves act as agents of change. nursing education has the responsibility to produce nursing professionals and expert practitioners to shape the nursing practice not merely respond to changes in the practice environment. it must prepare nurses who can participate as full partners in health car...