Clinical Question The problem that is addressed in this paper is whether use of electronic charting is an effective tool to reduce the future risk of the complications that arise after the operations, in comparison to the traditional paper charting. The significance of this problem is that the paper charting of the patients are facing certain drawbacks. These are the quality issues of the records, loss in the productivity due to these records and also the cost that is included in the manual recording of the medical history of the patient. An innovation in the record system is required so as to minimize the risk of complications post-operation of the patients. Use of electronic medical records saves time of the patient as well as the doctors.
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The two major databases that I selected for the research were CINAHL database and Google scholar. These databases provided ample number of articles and journals from which the search could be concluded. The first keyword which was searched in the CINAHL database was “electronic charting” which resulted into 4, 745 results. In order to have quantitative search, the second word that I searched was “paper charting” which resulted into 5,678 results. When the terms “electronic charting”and “paper charting” were searched together using VS then the results turned to be 895. The advanced search involved the selection of English language, research and the data from publication years 2010-2016. A total of 51 articles were produced which fulfilled all the requirements of the search. While examining the results, I found that the studies mostly included the significance of electronic charting over paper charting. The evaluation of the search is focused on the duration of the patients’ stay at the hospital. Therefore, I searched for the keyword “hospital” which produced 53,987 results. These results were then added into the search of “electronic charting VS paper charting” which resulted into a total of 568 results. The proper scanning of the results was done in order to find the outcomes …show more content…
The CINAHL heading “hospitalized surgical patients” produced 23,890 results which were further combined with the previous combination of “electronic charting”, “paper charting” and “hospital”. The study of these results showed various numbers of quantitative results. In addition to which I limited the search with the requirements up to 52 results.
Conclusion
In the most relevant qualitative and quantitative study, it has been concluded that the use of electronic charting over paper charting is beneficial of maintaining the records of the patients during their stay at the hospital. In order to reduce the future risks of post-operative complications, the quantitative research focused on the use of electronic charts whereas, the quantitative research highlighted the drawbacks of paper charting for recording the patient’s history.
The two major databases that I selected for the research were CINAHL database and Google scholar. These databases provided ample number of articles and journals from which the search could be concluded. The first keyword which was searched in the CINAHL database was “electronic charting” which resulted into 4, 745 results. In order to have quantitative search, the second word that I searched was “paper charting” which resulted into 5,678 results. When the terms “electronic charting”and “paper charting” were searched together using VS then the results turned to be 895. The advanced search involved the selection of English language, research and the data from publication years 2010-2016. A total of 51 articles were produced which fulfilled all the requirements of the search. While examining the results, I found that the studies mostly included the significance of electronic charting over paper charting. The evaluation of the search is focused on the duration of the patients’ stay at the hospital. Therefore, I searched for the keyword “hospital” which produced 53,987 results. These results were then added into the search of “electronic charting VS paper charting” which resulted into a total of 568 results. The proper scanning of the results was done in order to find the outcomes …show more content…
The CINAHL heading “hospitalized surgical patients” produced 23,890 results which were further combined with the previous combination of “electronic charting”, “paper charting” and “hospital”. The study of these results showed various numbers of quantitative results. In addition to which I limited the search with the requirements up to 52 results.
Conclusion
In the most relevant qualitative and quantitative study, it has been concluded that the use of electronic charting over paper charting is beneficial of maintaining the records of the patients during their stay at the hospital. In order to reduce the future risks of post-operative complications, the quantitative research focused on the use of electronic charts whereas, the quantitative research highlighted the drawbacks of paper charting for recording the patient’s history.