Streamlining the Head-to-Toe Assessment on the Adult and Critical Care Summary Flow Sheet in the Electronic Health Record
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7
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4
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In the spring of 2019, a Midwestern Academic Center embarked on a project to decrease nursing documentation burden in the electronic health record. The results of the project and implementation are presented along with future initiatives to decrease documentation burden.
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Authors
Laurel Courtney, MS, APRN-CNS, AOCN
Angela Wilson-VanMeter, DNP, RN, CPHIMS
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