Nurses' Attitudes Toward Electronic Clinical Quality Measures: A Descriptive Study

Feng Lien Lin; Szu Fen Huang; I. Ching Hou

doi:10.1097/NCQ.0000000000000435

Nurses' Attitudes Toward Electronic Clinical Quality Measures: A Descriptive Study

Feng Lien Lin^*, Szu Fen Huang, I. Ching Hou

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Department of Nursing

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Background: Electronic clinical quality measures (eCQMs) are a method that automatically extract data from electronic health records (EHRs) and compute and generate the results to report and track the quality of care and patient outcomes. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore nurses' attitudes toward eCQMs and the factors influencing this attitude. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted using a closed-ended questions survey of 92 nurses in a teaching hospital. Results: The average score for nurses' attitudes toward eCQMs was 3.47 out of 4. Participants with a master's degree had more positive attitudes than those with a baccalaureate degree. Head nurses had more positive attitudes than staff nurses. Conclusions: The nurses in the study hospital have a positive attitude toward eCQMs. Health care organizations should strengthen the attitudes of nurses toward eCQMs.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	E29-E34
Journal	Journal of Nursing Care Quality
Volume	35
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/NCQ.0000000000000435
State	Published - 1 Jul 2020

Keywords

electronic clinical quality measure
electronic health record
nurses
nursing informatics

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