Citation

Alhuwail D, Koru G, Mills ME. Home Health Care Serv. Q. 2017; 35(3-4): 155-171.

Affiliation

School of Nursing , University of Maryland, Baltimore , Baltimore , Maryland , USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/01621424.2016.1264340

PMID

28045596

Abstract

In the US, home care clinicians often start the episode of care devoid of relevant fall-risk information. By collecting and analyzing qualitative data from thirty clinicians in one home health agency, this case study aimed to understand how the currently adopted information technology solutions supported the clinicians' fall-risk management (FRM) information domains, and explored opportunities to adopt other solutions to better support FRM. The currently adopted electronic health record system and fall-reporting application served only some information domains with a limited capacity. Substantial improvement in addressing the FRM information domains is possible by effectively modifying the existing solutions and purposefully adopting new solutions.

Language: en